Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT

Welcome to the MDBG free online English to Chinese dictionary, the no. 1 Chinese study aid! This website offers more than just a Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input, written Chinese and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why! Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!

Chinese dictionary for Windows 10

MDBG Chinese Reader is the perfect dictionary application for Microsoft Windows. Translate Chinese text and Lookup Mandarin pinyin for Chinese words easily. Just glide your mouse over the Chinese text and a pop-up window shows English translations and Mandarin pronunciations. Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!


handwriting
Auto complete input: off | on

100 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
HSK 1
front / the front side / in front of
HSK 1
the day before yesterday
HSK 1
the year before last
HSK 2
ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5]
HSK 3
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
HSK 3
to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
HSK 3
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
prospects / future outlook / journey
HSK 4
in front / at the head / ahead / above
HSK 4
foreground / vista / (future) prospects / perspective
HSK 5
premise / precondition / prerequisite
HSK 5
ahead / the front
HSK 6
to come (formal) / before / previously
HSK 6
(military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
HSK 7-9
front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
HSK 7-9
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
senior / older generation / precursor
HSK 7-9
eve / the day before
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unprecedented
HSK 7-9
preceding period / early stage
HSK 7-9
the former
HSK 7-9
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unprecedented / unheard of
HSK 7-9
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
not long ago / not long before
HSK 7-9
to place before / frontal; leading / pre-
preface; foreword; introduction; preamble / earlier remarks; earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
the very front
prefix (linguistics)
future (career etc) prospects
predecessor / forebears / the person facing you
(literary) to go forward
front / front end / forward part of sth
former husband
anteroom / vestibule / lobby (of a hotel etc)
front row
(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
omen / prior indication / first sign
forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook
front wheel
forward pass (sport)
prequel
Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2
front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front
lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom) / fig. lesson learned by observing others' failures
the previous dynasty
the eve / the night before
the road ahead
precursor / pioneer
antecedents
ex-wife / late wife
the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
vanguard / front line / a forward (sports)
outpost / (fig.) front line
to precede / to guide
previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism)
to lean forward
cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
to have boundless prospects
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
criminal record / previous convictions
front courtyard / front yard
forelimb / foreleg
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
headlight
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain
former hatred / bygone enmity
day before yesterday
forearm
front courtyard / vestibule
past events / antecedent / what has happened
human chest / breast
prelude / presage
previous life / previous incarnation
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
Maeda (Japanese surname)
Former Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉, Western Han dynasty
forward patrol (military) (old) / (fig.) the top ranks
former love / former circumstances
Former Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (351-395)
don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
front line (military)
to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
fore hold (on ship) / bow cabin
to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
before today
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
(dialect) morning / forenoon
precedent
prostate
aforestated / stated above / the preceding statement
front part / front section
antecedent (logic)
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
prelude (music)

More results available:



Tip: Looking for an offline dictionary? Try MDBG Chinese Reader for Windows or MDBG Chinese-English dictionary for macOS!
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies