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之前

zhī qián

A2 Level 4 ★ Core word
Noun

之前 (zhī qián) is a Chinese word meaning “before”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4 (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. before
  2. prior to
  3. ago
  4. previously
  5. beforehand

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Example

睡覺之前，我習慣看一下書。

Before sleeping, I usually read a bit.

Related words at this level

政治支持之後之間之中直值得職業

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).