"以前" meaning in Chinese

See 以前 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/ [Mandarin, Dungan, Sinological-IPA], /jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Northern, Sixian, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA], /(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Southern, Sixian, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /ʒi⁵³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Hailu, Zhudong, Sinological-IPA], /i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/ [Min-Bei, Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/ [Min-Dong, Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore, Sinological-IPA, Kaohsiung], /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore, Sinological-IPA, Taipei], /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore, Sinological-IPA], /i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, Sinological-IPA], /i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Tong'an, Kinmen, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Tong'an, Kinmen, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA], /i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA], /i⁴⁴ zɪ/ [Wu, Northern, Suzhou, Sinological-IPA], /i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/ [Xiang, Changsha, Sinological-IPA, dated], /i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/ [Xiang, Changsha, Sinological-IPA] Audio: Zh-yǐqián.ogg [Mandarin, Standard], LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-以前.wav [Cantonese, Jyutping]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 以前
  1. earlier times; formerly; previously
    Sense id: en-以前-zh-noun-Z3Dn1EwT Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Time Synonyms: 上早 [Hakka], 以早 (ī-cā) [Eastern, Min, Taiwanese-Hokkien], 先前 (xiānqián), 先行 (xiānxíng) [literary], 其先 (qíxiān) [literary], 前仔 [Hokkien, Tainan], 前往 (qiánwǎng) [literary], 原在 [Hakka], 古者 (gǔzhě) [archaic], 向來 (xiànglái) [archaic], 向来 (xiànglái) [archaic], (cháng) (english: or used in compounds) [literary], (cháng) (english: or used in compounds) [literary], 在前 (zàiqián), 家先 [Hakka], 往擺 [Hakka, Hokkien], 往摆 [Hakka, Hokkien], 往擺仔 [Hokkien], 往摆仔 [Hokkien], 往者 (wǎngzhě) [literary], 往過 [Hokkien, Puxian-Min], 往过 [Hokkien, Puxian-Min], 往過仔 [Hokkien], 往过仔 [Hokkien], 從前 (cóngqián), 从前 (cóngqián), 早先 (zǎoxiān), 早年所 [Hokkien], 早時 [Hokkien], 早时 [Hokkien], 昔日 (xīrì) [literary], 昔時 (xīshí) [literary], 昔时 (xīshí) [literary], , 曾經 (céngjīng), 曾经 (céngjīng), 當初 (dāngchū), 当初 (dāngchū), 舊擺 [Hokkien, Singapore], 旧摆 [Hokkien, Singapore], 舊早 [Hokkien, Singapore], 旧早 [Hokkien, Singapore], 過前 [Hainanese], 过前 [Hainanese]
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        "earlier times; formerly; previously"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "上早"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ī-cā",
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Min",
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "以早"
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        {
          "roman": "xiānqián",
          "word": "先前"
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        {
          "roman": "xiānxíng",
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            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "先行"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qíxiān",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "其先"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "前仔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiánwǎng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "前往"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "原在"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǔzhě",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "古者"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiànglái",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "向來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiànglái",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "向来"
        },
        {
          "english": "or used in compounds",
          "roman": "cháng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "translation": "or used in compounds",
          "word": "嘗"
        },
        {
          "english": "or used in compounds",
          "roman": "cháng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "translation": "or used in compounds",
          "word": "尝"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zàiqián",
          "word": "在前"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "家先"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "往擺"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien"
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          "word": "往摆"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
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          "word": "往擺仔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "往摆仔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wǎngzhě",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "往者"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Puxian-Min"
          ],
          "word": "往過"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Puxian-Min"
          ],
          "word": "往过"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "往過仔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "往过仔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cóngqián",
          "word": "從前"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cóngqián",
          "word": "从前"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zǎoxiān",
          "word": "早先"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "早年所"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "早時"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "早时"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīrì",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "昔日"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīshí",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "昔時"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīshí",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "昔时"
        },
        {
          "word": "曾"
        },
        {
          "roman": "céngjīng",
          "word": "曾經"
        },
        {
          "roman": "céngjīng",
          "word": "曾经"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dāngchū",
          "word": "當初"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dāngchū",
          "word": "当初"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "舊擺"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "旧摆"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "舊早"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "旧早"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hainanese"
          ],
          "word": "過前"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hainanese"
          ],
          "word": "过前"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ"
    },
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "йичян (yiči͡an, II-I)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ cin⁴"
    },
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rhi^ˋ cien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi¹ qiên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ǐ-chîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ī-*sèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-chêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-chûiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-châiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i² zoin⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i² zain⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i ⁶zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i₃-zie₂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ zienn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐcián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³-chʻien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ-chyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiichyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "icjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ицянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "йичян (yiči͡an, II-I)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ cin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yíh chìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ tsin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁵ qin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^ˊ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi¹ qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "(r)i^ˊ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi¹ qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rhi^ˋ cien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒi⁵³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi¹ qiên²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ǐ-chîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ī-*sèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-chêng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-tsîng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yzeeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-chûiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-tsuînn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yzvuii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-châiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-tsâinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yzvaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i² zoin⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i² zain⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í tsôiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í tsâiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i ⁶zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^平 zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^平 zhi^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-xxi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i ³xxi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i₃-zie₂"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^上 zie^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ zɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ zienn²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "new-style"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "以前"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "以前",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Beginning Mandarin",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 以",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 前",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Dungan lemmas",
        "Dungan nouns",
        "Eastern Min lemmas",
        "Eastern Min nouns",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka nouns",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Northern Min lemmas",
        "Northern Min nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew nouns",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu nouns",
        "Xiang lemmas",
        "Xiang nouns",
        "zh:Time"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "earlier times; formerly; previously"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earlier",
          "earlier"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ],
        [
          "previously",
          "previously"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-yǐqián.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/Zh-yǐqián.ogg/Zh-yǐqián.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-yǐqián.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "йичян (yiči͡an, II-I)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ cin⁴"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-以前.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-以前.wav/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-以前.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-以前.wav/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-以前.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-以前.wav"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rhi^ˋ cien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi¹ qiên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ǐ-chîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ī-*sèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-chêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-chûiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-châiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i² zoin⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i² zain⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i ⁶zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i₃-zie₂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ zienn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐcián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³-chʻien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ-chyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiichyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "icjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ицянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "йичян (yiči͡an, II-I)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ cin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yíh chìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ tsin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁵ qin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^ˊ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi¹ qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "(r)i^ˊ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi¹ qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rhi^ˋ cien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒi⁵³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi¹ qiên²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ǐ-chîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ī-*sèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-chêng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-tsîng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yzeeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Singapore",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-chûiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-tsuînn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yzvuii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-châiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-tsâinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yzvaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an",
        "Kinmen",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i² zoin⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i² zain⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í tsôiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í tsâiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i ⁶zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^平 zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^平 zhi^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i-xxi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i ³xxi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹i₃-zie₂"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i^上 zie^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ zɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ zienn²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "new-style"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "上早"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ī-cā",
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "以早"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānqián",
      "word": "先前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānxíng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先行"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíxiān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "其先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "前仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánwǎng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "前往"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "原在"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔzhě",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "古者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànglái",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "向來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànglái",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "向来"
    },
    {
      "english": "or used in compounds",
      "roman": "cháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "translation": "or used in compounds",
      "word": "嘗"
    },
    {
      "english": "or used in compounds",
      "roman": "cháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "translation": "or used in compounds",
      "word": "尝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zàiqián",
      "word": "在前"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "家先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往擺"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往摆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往擺仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往摆仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎngzhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "往者"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "往過"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "往过"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往過仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往过仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "word": "從前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "word": "从前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǎoxiān",
      "word": "早先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "早年所"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "早時"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "早时"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīrì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "昔日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "昔時"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "昔时"
    },
    {
      "word": "曾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "céngjīng",
      "word": "曾經"
    },
    {
      "roman": "céngjīng",
      "word": "曾经"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dāngchū",
      "word": "當初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dāngchū",
      "word": "当初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "舊擺"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "旧摆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "舊早"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "旧早"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hainanese"
      ],
      "word": "過前"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hainanese"
      ],
      "word": "过前"
    }
  ],
  "word": "以前"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 以前 meaning in Chinese (12.1kB)

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