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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 史前

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
史前 shǐ qián - prehistoric times; (attributive) prehistoric

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
- - 14,235 34,064 27,423

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
史 shǐ- surname Shi
史 shǐ- history
- annals
- title of an official historian in ancient China
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 史前

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
史前 - - 14,235 34,064 27,423