在前

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
simp. and trad. (在前)		在	前

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zàiqián

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ cin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zàiqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaychyan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi⁶ cin⁴
  - Yale: joih chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ qin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːy̯²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Adverb

在前

previously; formerly; once upon a time; in the past

Synonyms

以前 (yǐqián)
先前 (xiānqián)
向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
從前／从前 (cóngqián)
早前 (zǎoqián) (dialectal)

早年所 (Min Nan)
早時／早时 (Min Nan)
昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)

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