CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- qian2
- English meanings
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top (Top–bottom arrangement: top 丷; bottom 一.); bottom 刖.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
Qian (heaven trigram)
thousand
moat; trench
inlay; embed
yawn
apology
easy
dive; latent
pull
sign
euryale; starch
pious; sincere
modest; humble
blame; condemn
move
send; dispatch
sum
pliers; clamp
lead (chemistry)
Example sentences
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- 01
jiàoshì教室qiánmian前面yǒu有huāyuán花园。
There's a garden in front of the classroom.
- 02
Wash your hands before meals.
- 03
He sits in front of me.
- 04
shí十niánqián年前zhèlǐ这里shì是kōngdì空地。
Ten years ago this was empty land.
- 05
Walk forward a hundred meters.
- 06
qián前liǎng两tiān天wǒ我jiànguò见过tā他。
I saw him a couple of days ago.
Related words
Explore words connected to this character.
- 之前
- 从前
- 以前
- 先前
- 前不久
- 前仰后合
- 前任
- 前台
- 前后
- 前夕
- 前天
- 前头
- 前年
- 前往
- 前所未有
- 前提
- 前方
- 前无古人
- 前景
- 前期
- 前来
- 前沿
- 前线
- 前者
- 前赴后继
- 前辈
- 前边
- 前进
- 前途
- 前面
- 勇往直前
- 史无前例
- 各奔前程
- 向前
- 年前
- 当前
- 思前想后
- 提前
- 日前
- 此前
- 生前
- 目前
- 眼前
- 空前
- 超前
- 跟前
- 面前