"以前" meaning in Chinese

See 以前 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/ [Dungan, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /ʒi⁵³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/ [Hailu, Hakka, Sinological-IPA, Zhudong], /i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/ [Jian'ou, Min-Bei, Sinological-IPA], /i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei, Xiamen], /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Singapore], /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tong'an], /i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/ [Hokkien, Kinmen, Min-Nan], /i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /i⁴⁴ zɪ/ [Northern, Sinological-IPA, Suzhou, Wu], /i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/, /i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/, /jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/, /i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/, /(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/, /ʒi⁵³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/, /i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/, /i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/, /i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/, /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/, /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/, /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/, /i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/, /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/, /i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/, /i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/, /i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/, /i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/, /i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/, /i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/, /i⁴⁴ zɪ/, /i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/, /i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/ Chinese transliterations: yǐqián [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], йичян [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], yiči͡an [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], II-I [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], ji⁵ cin⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yî-chhièn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], rhi^ˋ cien [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], yi¹ qiên² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], ǐ-chîng [Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized, Min-Bei], ī-*sèng [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], í-chêng [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], í-chûiⁿ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], í-châiⁿ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], i² zoin⁵ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], i² zain⁵ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], ¹i-zhi; ¹i ⁶zhi, ¹i₃-zie₂, i³ zienn², yǐqián [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], yǐcián [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], i³-chʻien² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], yǐ-chyán [Mandarin, Yale, standard], yiichyan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], ицянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], icjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], yíh chìhn [Cantonese, Yale], ji⁵ tsin⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yi⁵ qin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], yî-chhièn [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], i^ˊ qien^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yi¹ qian² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yî-chhièn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], i^ˊ qien^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], yi¹ qian² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], rhi^ˋ cien [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Zhudong], ǐ-chîng [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized, Min-Bei], ī-*sèng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], í-tsîng [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], yzeeng [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], í-tsuînn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], yzvuii [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], í-tsâinn [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], yzvaai [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], í tsôiⁿ [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], í tsâiⁿ [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ¹i-zhi; ¹i ⁶zhi [Northern, Wu], i^平 zhi; i^平 zhi^去 [Northern, Wu], ¹i-xxi; ¹i ³xxi [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu], ¹i₃-zie₂ [Northern, Wu], i^上 zie^平 [Northern, Wu], i³ zienn² [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang]
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], 往过 [Hokkien], 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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          "tags": [
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          "word": "上早"
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        {
          "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",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "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"
          ],
          "word": "嘗"
        },
        {
          "english": "or used in compounds",
          "roman": "cháng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "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"
          ],
          "word": "往過"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "йичян"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiči͡an"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "II-I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁵ cin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rhi^ˋ cien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi¹ qiên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized",
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǐ-chîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ī-*sèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-chêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-chûiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-châiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i² zoin⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i² zain⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹i-zhi; ¹i ⁶zhi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹i₃-zie₂"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "i³ zienn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐcián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i³-chʻien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐ-chyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiichyan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ицянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "icjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíh chìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁵ tsin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁵ qin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^ˊ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi¹ qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^ˊ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi¹ qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rhi^ˋ cien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒi⁵³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized",
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǐ-chîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Min-Bei",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ī-*sèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-tsîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yzeeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-tsuînn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yzvuii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-tsâinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yzvaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tong'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kinmen",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í tsôiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í tsâiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹i-zhi; ¹i ⁶zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^平 zhi; i^平 zhi^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹i-xxi; ¹i ³xxi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹i₃-zie₂"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^上 zie^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ zɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Suzhou",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i³ zienn²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ í-chûiⁿ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒi⁵³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ zɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "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",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "йичян"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiči͡an"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "II-I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁵ cin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rhi^ˋ cien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi¹ qiên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized",
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǐ-chîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ī-*sèng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-chêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-chûiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-châiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i² zoin⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i² zain⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹i-zhi; ¹i ⁶zhi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹i₃-zie₂"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "i³ zienn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐcián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i³-chʻien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǐ-chyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiichyan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ицянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "icjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíh chìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁵ tsin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi⁵ qin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^ˊ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi¹ qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yî-chhièn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^ˊ qien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yi¹ qian²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rhi^ˋ cien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒi⁵³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized",
        "Min-Bei"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ǐ-chîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Min-Bei",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ī-*sèng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-tsîng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yzeeng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-tsuînn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yzvuii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í-tsâinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yzvaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tong'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kinmen",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í tsôiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "í tsâiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹i-zhi; ¹i ⁶zhi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^平 zhi; i^平 zhi^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹i-xxi; ¹i ³xxi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹i₃-zie₂"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^上 zie^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ zɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Suzhou",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i³ zienn²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ í-chûiⁿ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒi⁵³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴⁴ zɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ],
      "word": "嘗"
    },
    {
      "english": "or used in compounds",
      "roman": "cháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "往過"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "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"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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