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Ahead in Chinese

ahead · HSK 1

前 qián

学校前有一条小河。 There's a small river in front of the school.

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How do you say ahead in Chinese?

Ahead in Chinese is 前 (qián). You can also say 前面 (qián miàn), 前方 (qián fāng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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