Please step forward.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
向前
forward
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
forward
02
onward
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 向前 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 向前 appears in 9 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She slowly moved forward.
Lincoln greeted his former political rival.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 向前.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 向前.
Directly before
- 请向前1
- 筋斗向前1
- 棋子向前1
- 应该向前1
- 得向前1
Directly after
- 向前一步2
- 向前看2
- 向前前进1
- 向前移动1
- 向前人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 向前
What does 向前 mean in Chinese?
向前 (xiàngqián) means forward.
How do you pronounce 向前?
向前 is pronounced xiàngqián.
Is 向前 an HSK word?
向前 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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