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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 之前

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
之前 zhī qián - before
- prior to
- ago
- previously
- beforehand

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 250 709 654

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
之 zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
前 qián- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly

Other Words Containing 之前

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
之前 - 4 250 709 654