以前 in Chinois

The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Synonyms: 從前 (cóngqián) [Traditional-Chinese], 从前 (cóngqián) [Simplified-Chinese], 往年 (wǎngnián), 昔年 (xīnián), 昔日 (xīrì), 昔時 (xīshí) [Traditional-Chinese], 昔时 (xīshí) [Simplified-Chinese], 之前 (zhīqián) [Show more ▼] [Hide more ▲]

Categories (other): Adverbes en chinois, Chinois

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{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Adverbes en chinois",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Chinois",
      "orig": "chinois",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de 以 (yǐ) et 前 (qián, « avant, devant »)"
  ],
  "lang": "Chinois",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Adverbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Avant, auparavant."
      ],
      "id": "fr-以前-zh-adv-DlgMHlts"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\i˨˩ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn˧˥\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\i˨˩ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn˧˥\\",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "EFEO"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi-k’ien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "EFEO"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ts’ien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ chʻien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐchyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "從前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "从前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎngnián",
      "word": "往年"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnián",
      "word": "昔年"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīrì",
      "word": "昔日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "昔時"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "昔时"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīqián",
      "word": "之前"
    }
  ],
  "word": "以前"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Adverbes en chinois",
    "chinois"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de 以 (yǐ) et 前 (qián, « avant, devant »)"
  ],
  "lang": "Chinois",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Adverbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Avant, auparavant."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\i˨˩ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn˧˥\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\i˨˩ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn˧˥\\",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐqián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "EFEO"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi-k’ien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "EFEO"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ts’ien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³ chʻien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐchyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "從前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "从前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎngnián",
      "word": "往年"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnián",
      "word": "昔年"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīrì",
      "word": "昔日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "昔時"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "昔时"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīqián",
      "word": "之前"
    }
  ],
  "word": "以前"
}

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"以前" meaning in Chinois

Adverb