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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
往前
(in) the past
IN A VIDEO往前
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(in) the past
02
ahead; forward; in the future
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 往前 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 往前 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
There used to be a shop here.
She stepped forward to shake his hand.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 往前.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 往前.
Directly before
- 她往前1
- 这儿往前1
- 街上往前1
- 一脚往前1
Directly after
- 往前跨1
- 往前开1
- 往前有所1
- 往前有1
- 往前赶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 往前
What does 往前 mean in Chinese?
往前 (wǎngqián) means (in) the past.
How do you pronounce 往前?
往前 is pronounced wǎngqián.
Is 往前 an HSK word?
往前 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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