HSK 4 · Verbs

提前 tíqián “to bring forward” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 提前 means

  1. to bring forward
  2. to do something ahead of time
  3. to shift to an earlier date
  4. to do sth ahead of time
  5. in advance

How to say 提前

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale提tí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale前qián2nd tone, rising

提前 in a sentence

  1. 她提前一小时完成了工作。

    Tā tíqián yì xiǎoshí wánchéng le gōngzuò.

    She finished her work an hour early.

    Sentence #785821 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我会让你提前知道。

    Wǒ huì ràng nǐ tíqián zhīdao.

    I’ll let you know in advance.

    Sentence #5595097 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们要提前关门。

    Wǒmen yào tíqián guānmén.

    We’re closing early.

    Sentence #13889280 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 提前 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 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.

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 提前

提 12 strokes · 前 9 strokes

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

Words related to 提前

Words with 提

提高tígāo · to raise提tí · to carry提醒tíxǐng · to remind提供tígōng · to offer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提议tíyì · to propose

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之前zhīqián · before从前cóngqián · previously目前mùqián · at the present time前途qiántú · prospects

More words: Common Verbs

弹钢琴tángāngqín · to play the piano提tí · to carry提供tígōng · to offer停tíng · to stop通过tōngguò · to pass through推tuī · to push推迟tuīchí · to postpone脱tuō · to shed

FAQs

提前 (tíqián) means “to bring forward” or “to do something ahead of time”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tíqián: tí with a 2nd 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. 提前 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiqian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 提前 from the suggestions. Typing tiqian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
提前 is an HSK 4 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.