HSK 6 · Places

跟前 gēnqián “in front of” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 跟前 means

  1. in front of
  2. nearby
  3. close to
  4. the front (of)
  5. (in) front
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (in) sb’s presence
  • just before (a date)

How to say 跟前

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale跟gēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale前qián2nd tone, rising

跟前 in a sentence

  1. 他走到我跟前，问我怎么走。

    Tā zǒu dào wǒ gēnqián, wèn wǒ zěnme zǒu.

    He came up to me and asked me the way.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 孩子们都不在跟前，老人有点儿寂寞。

    Háizimen dōu bú zài gēnqián, lǎorén yǒudiǎnr jìmò.

    With none of his children close by, the old man feels a bit lonely.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 跟前 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 跟 (gēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
跟gēnheel
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with gēn.

The character 前 (qián) with each of its parts in a different colour
前qiánfront
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī
  • 刖cutting off the feet as a form of punishment · yuè

How to write 跟前

跟 13 strokes · 前 9 strokes

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跟前 (gēnqián) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 跟前 (gēnqián). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 跟前

Words with 跟

跟gēn · to follow跟随gēnsuí · to follow跟踪gēnzōng · to track

Words with 前

前qián · front前面qiánmiàn · front以前yǐqián · before面前miànqián · in front of前天qiántiān · the day before yesterday前年qiánnián · the year before last提前tíqián · to bring forward之前zhīqián · before从前cóngqián · previously目前mùqián · at the present time

More words: Places & Geography

方圆fāngyuán · surrounding area废墟fèixū · ruins坟墓fénmù · grave港湾gǎngwān · harbour宫殿gōngdiàn · palace故乡gùxiāng · hometown海拔hǎibá · height above sea level海滨hǎibīn · seaside

FAQs

跟前 (gēnqián) means “in front of” or “nearby”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gēnqián: gēn with a 1st tone, then qián with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 跟前 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type genqian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 跟前 from the suggestions. Typing genqian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
跟前 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.