前面 (qián miàn): meaning and stroke order
前面 (qián miàn) means ahead, in front, preceding, above, also pr..
前面
- Simplified
- 前面
- Traditional
- 前面 (same form)
- Pinyin
- qián miàn
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Stroke order of 前面
前
- qián front; forward
- 9 strokes
Stroke by stroke
面
- miàn face; side
- miàn variant of 麵|面[mian4]
- miàn flour; noodles
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 麪
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Meaning of 前面
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qián miàn
- ahead
- in front
- preceding
- above
- also pr. [qian2 mian5]
Radicals of the characters
- 前
- Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 9 strokes · 䒑 on top, 刖 below
- 面
- Radical 面 (Kangxi radical 176) · 9 strokes · 丆 on top, 囬 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
前面 in our stories
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小春每天坐在电脑前面工作,很少运动。
Xiǎochūn měitiān zuò zài diànnǎo qiánmiàn gōngzuò hěn shǎo yùndòng
Xiaochun works at a computer all day and rarely exercises.
From the story A little more every day HSK 2
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腊月二十三那天,奶奶一大早就把厨房打扫得干干净净,还在灶台前面摆了一盘糖瓜。
làyuè èrshísān nà tiān nǎinai yí dàzǎo jiù bǎ chúfáng dǎsǎo de gāngānjìngjìng hái zài zàotái qiánmiàn bǎi le yì pán tángguā
On the twenty-third of the twelfth month, Grandma cleaned the kitchen spotless first thing in the morning and set a plate of malt-sugar sweets in front of the stove.
From the story Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
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钟远坚持产品要慢慢打磨,苗立却认为,市场不等人,必须抢在对手前面上市。
Zhōng Yuǎn jiānchí chǎnpǐn yào mànmàn dǎmó Miáo Lì què rènwéi shìchǎng bù děng rén bìxū qiǎng zài duìshǒu qiánmiàn shàngshì
Zhong Yuan insisted the product needed careful polishing; Miao Li believed the market waits for no one and they had to go public before their rivals.
From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 前面
- A little more every day HSK 2
- Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
- The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).