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前面 qiánmiàn “front” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 前面 means

  1. front, in front
  2. ahead
  3. preceding
  4. above

How to say 前面

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale前qián2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale面miàn4th tone, falling

前面 in a sentence

  1. 那个饭馆在火车站前面。

    Nà ge fànguǎn zài huǒchēzhàn qiánmiàn.

    That restaurant is in front of the train station.

    Sentence #10966765 from Tatoeba

  2. 我家前面有个小庭院。

    Wǒ jiā qiánmiàn yǒu ge xiǎo tíngyuàn.

    There is a small garden in front of my house.

    Sentence #2032257 from Tatoeba

  3. 在我前面走。

    Zài wǒ qiánmiàn zǒu.

    Walk ahead of me.

    Sentence #517553 from Tatoeba

How 前面 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 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
The character 面 (miàn) drawn as one shape
面miànface

面 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a face inside its outline.

How to write 前面

前 9 strokes · 面 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 前面

Words with 前

前qián · 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前途qiántú · prospects

Words with 面

后面hòumiàn · back面条儿miàntiáor · noodles面miàn · noodles面条miàntiáo · noodles上面shàngmiàn · above下面xiàmiàn · below里面lǐmiàn · inside外面wàimiàn · outside面包miànbāo · bread见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody

More words: Places & Directions

医院yīyuàn · hospital上shàng · up下xià · down里lǐ · inside后面hòumiàn · back宾馆bīnguǎn · hotel房间fángjiān · room火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station

FAQs

前面 (qiánmiàn) means “front, in front” or “ahead”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it qiánmiàn: qián with a 2nd tone, then miàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 前面 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qianmian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 前面 from the suggestions. Typing qianmian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
前面 is an HSK 1 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.