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Chinese
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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
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head; (noun suffix)
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trad. (前頭)
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前
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頭
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simp. (前头)
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前
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头
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anagram
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頭前/头前
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): qiántou
- (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qian2 tou2 / qian2 tou2-1
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): qiántou
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): ciéntou
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cin4 tau4
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): cin4 taau4
- Gan (Wiktionary): qien2 teu
- Jin (Wiktionary): qie1 tou3
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-thâu / chiân-thiô / chûiⁿ-thâu / chêng-thâu
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): zai5 tao5
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zin4 dau4
- Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): 6zhi-deu6 / 2zhie-deu2 / 2zie-deu2 / 2jien-dei2 / 2zhi-deu2
- (Jinhua): 2siaa-tieu3
- Xiang
- (Changsha, Wiktionary): zienn2 dou
- (Loudi, Wiktionary): jjinn2 ddieu2*
Noun
前頭
- in front; at the head; ahead; above; first
我把醜話說在前頭,你可別不高興。 [MSC, trad.]
我把丑话说在前头,你可别不高兴。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ bǎ chǒuhuà shuō zài qiántou, nǐ kě bié bù gāoxìng.
- Let me say these frank words first; please don't be offended by them.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
前面 (“in front; ahead”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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前面, 前邊
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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前頭, 前邊兒
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Taiwan
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前面, 前頭, 前邊
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Harbin
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前邊兒拉, 前邊兒
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Malaysia
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前面
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Singapore
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前面
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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前頭, 前邊兒
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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前邊兒, 前面兒
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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前頭, 前邊兒, 前面兒
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Wanrong
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前頭
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Xi'an
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前頭, 頭裡
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Xining
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前頭
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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前頭
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Ürümqi
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前頭
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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前頭, 前面
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Wuhan
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前頭, 前邊
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Guiyang
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前頭, 前面, 前邊
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Liuzhou
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前頭, 前面
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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前頭
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Yangzhou
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前頭
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Hefei
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前頭
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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前便, 前面
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Hong Kong
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前便, 前面
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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面前
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Macau
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前便
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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前便
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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前面
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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前便
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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前便
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Foshan
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前便
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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前便
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Foshan (Shunde)
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前便
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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前便
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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前便
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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前便
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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前便
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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前便
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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前便, 面前
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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前便
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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前便
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Taishan
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前便
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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前
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Enping (Niujiang)
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前便
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Heshan (Yayao)
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前便
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Dongguan
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前面, 前頭
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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前便
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Yangjiang
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面前
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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前便
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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前便
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Gan
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Nanchang
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前頭
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Lichuan
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前頭
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Pingxiang
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面前
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Hakka
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Meixian
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前背
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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前面
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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前面
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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前面
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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前面
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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前邊
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Wengyuan
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前面
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Liannan
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前面
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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前頭
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Jiexi
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前頭
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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面前
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Changting
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前頭
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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面前
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Ninghua
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前頭
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Yudu
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前頭
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Ningdu
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前高
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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前頭
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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前頭
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Dayu
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前頭
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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面前
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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面前
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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面前
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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面前
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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面前
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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面前
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Hong Kong
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前邊
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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面前
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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面前
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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前邊
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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前面
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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前面
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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前面
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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面前
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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前面
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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前面
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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前面
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Luchuan
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前頭
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Senai (Huiyang)
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面前
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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前頭
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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前頭, 前面
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Xinzhou
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前頭, 頭前
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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頭前
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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前首, 前首勢, 前首邊
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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前兜
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Fuqing
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前兜
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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前兜
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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頭前, 面頭前
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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頭前
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Quanzhou
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頭前, 面頭前
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Jinjiang
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頭前
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Yongchun
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面頭前, 面前, 前面
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Zhangzhou
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頭前, 面頭前
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Taipei
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頭前
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Kaohsiung
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頭前
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Tainan
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頭前
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Kinmen
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頭前
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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頭前
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Manila (Hokkien)
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頭前
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Chaozhou
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頭前
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Shantou
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頭前, 前爿
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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前爿
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Jieyang
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頭前
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Haifeng
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頭前, 頭面前
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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面前, 前爿
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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頭前
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Singapore (Teochew)
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頭前
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Leizhou
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前頭
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Wenchang
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面頭前, 前面
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Haikou
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前邊
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Qionghai
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前面, 面前
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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面前
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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面前, 面頭前, 前
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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前頭
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Wu
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Shanghai
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前頭, 前面
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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前頭
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Suzhou
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前頭, 前面
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Danyang
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前頭
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Hangzhou
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前頭
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Ningbo
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前頭
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Wenzhou
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門前, 門先
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Jinhua
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前頭, 前面
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Xiang
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Changsha
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前頭, 頭前
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Loudi
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前頭
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Shuangfeng
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前頭
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Japanese
Etymology 1
前 (“front”) + 頭 (“head; chief”)
Pronunciation
Noun
前頭 • (maegashira) ←まへがしら (mafegasira)?
- maegashira
Etymology 2
前 (“front”) + 頭 (“head”)
Pronunciation
Noun
前頭 • (zentō)
- (anatomy) the front of the head
- Antonym: 後頭 (kōtō)
- Meronyms: 前頭筋 (zentōkin), 前頭骨 (zentōkotsu), 前頭葉 (zentōyō)
- Coordinate term: 側頭 (sokutō)
See also