HSK 6 · Ideas

前提 qiántí “premise” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 前提 means

  1. premise
  2. precondition
  3. prerequisite

How to say 前提

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale提tí2nd tone, rising

前提 in a sentence

  1. 健康是工作的前提。

    Jiànkāng shì gōngzuò de qiántí.

    Good health is the precondition for working.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 在保证质量的前提下，我们要提高速度。

    Zài bǎozhèng zhìliàng de qiántí xià, wǒmen yào tígāo sùdù.

    We need to speed up, provided that quality is maintained.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 前提 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 提 (tí) with each of its parts in a different colour
提títo carry
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 是to be · shìSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tí.

How to write 前提

前 9 strokes · 提 12 strokes

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

Words related to 前提

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

Words with 提

提高tígāo · to raise提tí · to carry提醒tíxǐng · to remind提供tígōng · to offer提前tíqián · to bring forward提出tíchū · to put forward提问tíwèn · to question提倡tíchàng · to promote提纲tígāng · outline提示tíshì · to prompt

More words: Ideas & Concepts

品质pǐnzhì · quality千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means前景qiánjǐng · prospects潜力qiánlì · potential潜移默化qiányímòhuà · to influence subtly over time窍门qiàomén · knack起伏qǐfú · to rise and fall情理qínglǐ · reason

FAQs

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