前後

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Chinese

 
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
 
back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (前後) 前 後
simp. (前后) 前 后

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chêng-āu/chûiⁿ-ǎu - vernacular;
  • chiân-hō͘/chiân-hiǒ - literary.

Noun

前後

  1. front and rear; before and after

Adverb

前後

  1. (of a point in or period of time) around; about
  2. from beginning to end
  3. continuously; one after another; bit by bit; in turn; successively; in succession

Synonyms

  • (around):
  • (continuously):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前 後
ぜん
Grade: 2 		ご
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

前(ぜん)後(ご) • (zengo) 

  1. front and behind
  2. right before and after
  3. consequences

Derived terms

Suffix

前(ぜん)後(ご) • (-zengo) 

  1. about, around

Synonyms

Verb

前(ぜん)後(ご)する • (zengo suru) suru (stem 前(ぜん)後(ご)し (zengo shi), past 前(ぜん)後(ご)した (zengo shita))

  1. to invert the order

Conjugation

Conjugation of "前後する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 前後し ぜんごし zengo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 前後し ぜんごし zengo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 前後する ぜんごする zengo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 前後する ぜんごする zengo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 前後すれ ぜんごすれ zengo sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 前後せよ¹
前後しろ² 		ぜんごせよ¹
ぜんごしろ² 		zengo seyo¹
zengo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 前後される ぜんごされる zengo sareru
Causative 前後させる
前後さす 		ぜんごさせる
ぜんごさす 		zengo saseru
zengo sasu
Potential 前後できる ぜんごできる zengo dekiru
Volitional 前後しよう ぜんごしよう zengo shiyō
Negative 前後しない ぜんごしない zengo shinai
Negative continuative 前後せず ぜんごせず zengo sezu
Formal 前後します ぜんごします zengo shimasu
Perfective 前後した ぜんごした zengo shita
Conjunctive 前後して ぜんごして zengo shite
Hypothetical conditional 前後すれば ぜんごすれば zengo sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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