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HSK 2 · Times of day & week

前年

qián nián

the year before last

Stroke order of 前年

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

前 · 9 strokes年 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

前 is moving forward, 年 is year: the year before last year.

Parts: 前 before + 年 year

The characters in 前年

  • 前 qián — front; before (9 strokes)
  • 年 nián — year (6 strokes)

Example sentence

前年我去了上海。

I went to Shanghai the year before last.

Words with 前

前天day before yesterday前front; before前边in front以前before; formerly面前in front of眼前before one's eyes; at present前面in front; ahead前往to go to; to head for前进to go forward; to advance从前before; in the past提前in advance; to move up目前at present; currently前后around; from start to end

Words with 年

年year今年this year明年next year去年last year新年New Year半年half a year青年youth; young people少年teenager; juvenile青少年teenagers; young people老年old age; elderly中年middle age年轻young周年anniversary全年the whole year年级grade; year (in school)过年to celebrate the New Year年代decade; era年初beginning of the year

More words: Times of day & week

半夜midnight夜night夜里at night早晨early morning晚安good night午睡afternoon nap周week周末weekend上周last week下周next week周年anniversary月份month全年the whole year分钟minute刻quarter (of an hour)

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