前后
qián hòu 2–4
around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear
- Characters
- 2
- 前 · 后
- Syllables
- 2
- qián hòu
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 6,275
Part of speech: f
Character by character
- 前qián9 strokesHSK 1in front, forward; preceding
- 后hòu6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 後queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 前后. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 后hòuHSK 1
empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler
- 前qiánHSK 1
front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 最后zuì hòuHSK 1
final; last; finally; ultimate
- 然后rán hòuHSK 2
then; after that; afterwards
- 之后zhī hòuHSK 4
after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2
after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 之前zhī qiánHSK 4
before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2
before; formerly; previous; ago
- 目前mù qiánHSK 3
at the present time; currently
- 面前miàn qiánHSK 2
in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 后来hòu láiHSK 2
afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 后面hòu mianHSK 3
the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- 前面qián miànHSK 3
ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian]
- 提前tí qiánHSK 3
to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
- 背后bèi hòuHSK 3
behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back
- 前往qián wǎngHSK 3
to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
- 眼前yǎn qiánHSK 3
before one's eyes; now; at present
- 前进qián jìnHSK 3
to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward
- 后悔hòu huǐHSK 5
to regret; to feel remorse
- 后果hòu guǒHSK 3
consequences; aftermath
- 今后jīn hòuHSK 2
hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on
- 随后suí hòuHSK 5
soon after
- 落后luò hòuHSK 3
to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
- 向前xiàng qiánHSK 5
forward; onward