先前 xiānqián▶ previamente

Stroke order

先前 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 先 — 6 strokes
• 前 — 9 strokes

Related words

• 优先primero
• 先进avanzado
• 前提precondición
• 前景perspectiva
• 原先Original
• 当前actual

先前 is pronounced xiānqián and means “previamente”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 先前 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.