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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

上前

shàngqián

to advance; to step forward

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to advance; to step forward

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 上前 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 上前 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

於是彼拉多把耶稣带去鞭打。兵丁用荆棘编作冠冕,戴在他头上,又给他穿上紫袍。他们上前一遍遍地打他,说道:「万岁,犹太人的王!」又打他的脸。yú shì bǐ lā duō bǎ yē sū dài qù biān dǎ。 bīng dīng yòng jīng jí biān zuò guān miǎn, dài zài tā tóu shàng, yòu gěi tā chuān shàng zǐ páo。 tā men shàng qián yī biàn biàn dì dǎ tā, shuō dào:「wàn suì, yóu tài rén de wáng!」 yòu dǎ tā de liǎn。

Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe. And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.

这位勇敢的骑士上前一步亲吻了这位女士的手。zhè wèi yǒng gǎn de qí shì shàng qián yī bù qīn wěn le zhè wèi nǚ shì de shǒu。

No published English translation for this sentence.

匡超人走到跟前,叫一声「爹!儿子回来了!」上前磕了头。kuāng chāo rén zǒu dào gēn qián, jiào yī shēng 「diē! ér zi huí lái le!」 shàng qián kē le tóu。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 上前.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 上前.

Directly before

  • 骑士上前1
  • 他们上前1
  • 提步上前1

Directly after

  • 上前一步1
  • 上前一遍1
  • 上前磕1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 上前

What does 上前 mean in Chinese?

上前 (shàngqián) means to advance; to step forward.

How do you pronounce 上前?

上前 is pronounced shàngqián.

Is 上前 an HSK word?

上前 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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