前面 qiánmiàn▶ frente

Stroke order

前面 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 前 — 9 strokes
• 面 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. ahead
2. in front
3. preceding
4. above

Example sentences

• 学校在前面。Xuéxiào zài qiánmiàn.The school is ahead.
• 他在我前面。Tā zài wǒ qiánmiàn.He is in front of me.

Related words

• 后面detrás
• 面条fideo
• 以前antes
• 见面encontrarse
• 面包Pan
• 对面Lado opuesto

前面 is pronounced qiánmiàn and means “frente”. It belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 前面 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.