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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

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

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 前面

  1. 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

  • 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

  • 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

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).