What does 以前 mean in Chinese?

以前 (yǐ qián) means "before; formerly; previous; ago" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 2 word.

How do you pronounce 以前?

以前 is pronounced "yǐ qián" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.

以前 is an HSK Level 2 word (HSK 2.0: Level 3, HSK 3.0: Level 2).

以前 is made up of the characters 以, 前. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

You can practice writing 以前 using our stroke order tool.

以前

yǐ qián

before; formerly; previous; ago

我以前住在这里。

Wǒ yǐqián zhù zài zhèlǐ

I used to live here

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