面前

Character by character

• 面miàn9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 麵face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
• 前qián9 strokesHSK 1in front, forward; preceding

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 面前. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 前qiánHSK 1

  front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly

• 之前zhī qiánHSK 4

  before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand

• 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2

  before; formerly; previous; ago

• 方面fāng miànHSK 2

  respect; aspect; field; side

• 目前mù qiánHSK 3

  at the present time; currently

• 面miànHSK 2

  face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

• 里面lǐ miànHSK 3

  inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian]

• 面对miàn duìHSK 3

  to face; to confront

• 上面shàng miànHSK 3

  on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian]

• 后面hòu mianHSK 3

  the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

• 外面wài miànHSK 3

  outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance

• 下面xià miànHSK 3

  below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian]

• 前面qián miànHSK 3

  ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian]

• 见面jiàn miànHSK 1

  to meet; to see each other

• 提前tí qiánHSK 3

  to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance

• 面临miàn línHSK 4

  to face sth; to be confronted with

• 前往qián wǎngHSK 3

  to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to

• 一面yī miànHSK 7

  one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face

• 眼前yǎn qiánHSK 3

  before one's eyes; now; at present

• 全面quán miànHSK 3

  all-around; comprehensive; total; overall

• 前进qián jìnHSK 3

  to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward

• 表面biǎo miànHSK 3

  surface; face; outside; appearance

• 地面dì miànHSK 4

  floor; ground; surface

• 画面huà miànHSK 5

  scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view