以前

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Chinese

to use; according to; so as to
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
 
front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
 
trad. (以前) 以 前
simp. #(以前) 以 前

Pronunciation

Note:
  • i2 zoin5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
  • i2 zain5 - Jieyang.

Noun

以前

  1. earlier times; formerly; previously

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 上次 (“last time”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 上次
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 上次
Singapore 上次
Central Plains Mandarin Xuzhou 頭回
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 頭回子, 頭回
Liuzhou 頭一回, 頭回
Cantonese Guangzhou 上次
Hong Kong 上次
Singapore (Guangfu) 上次, 舊擺
Gan Nanchang 頭回
Hakka Meixian 上擺, 頭擺
Yudu 頭回
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 上擺, 上回, 上次, 上滿
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 上擺
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 上擺, 上回, 上輪
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 上擺, 上到, 上回, 上滿, 上下
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 上擺, 上回, 上滿, 上輪
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 上擺, 上回
Southern Min Xiamen 頂擺, 頂逝, 頂過, 頂幫, 頂聲, 前擺, 前過
Quanzhou 頂擺, 頂逝, 頂過, 頂幫, 頂聲, 前擺, 前過
Zhangzhou 頂擺, 頂逝, 頂過, 頂下, 頂幫, 頂聲, 前擺, 前過
Zhao'an 頂次
Tainan 頂擺, 頂過, 頂幫, 頂改
Penang (Hokkien) 頂過, 頂斗, 彼擺
Singapore (Hokkien) 頂過, 頂擺, 頂幫, 舊擺
Manila (Hokkien) 頂擺, 頂過, 頂幫
Jieyang 先回
Qionghai 上次
Puxian Min Putian 頂環, 頂擺, 頂滿, 頂下, 頂出, 頂過, 頂般
Xianyou 頂環, 頂擺, 頂滿, 頂工, 頂斗
Wu Shanghai 上趟, 上趟子
Hangzhou 上趟
Xiang Changsha 頭回

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
以 前
い
Grade: 4 		ぜん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

以(い)前(ぜん) • (izen) 

  1. (the one) before, formerly, ago
  2. the former, the previous

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
以前

Noun

以前 • (ijeon) (hangeul 이전)

  1. Hanja form? of 이전 (“the time before now; heretofore”).
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