前天

Character by character

• 前qián9 strokesHSK 1in front, forward; preceding
• 天tiān4 strokesHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 前天. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 天tiānHSK 1

  day; sky; heaven

• 前qiánHSK 1

  front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly

• 今天jīn tiānHSK 1

  today; at the present; now

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 之前zhī qiánHSK 4

  before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand

• 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2

  before; formerly; previous; ago

• 昨天zuó tiānHSK 1

  yesterday

• 目前mù qiánHSK 3

  at the present time; currently

• 面前miàn qiánHSK 2

  in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)

• 天气tiān qìHSK 1

  weather

• 前面qián miànHSK 3

  ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian]

• 提前tí qiánHSK 3

  to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance

• 前往qián wǎngHSK 3

  to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to

• 眼前yǎn qiánHSK 3

  before one's eyes; now; at present

• 聊天liáo tiān

  to chat; to gossip

• 前进qián jìnHSK 3

  to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward

• 夏天xià tiānHSK 2

  summer

• 天堂tiān tángHSK 6

  paradise; heaven

• 冬天dōng tiānHSK 2

  winter

• 天空tiān kōngHSK 3

  sky

• 天使tiān shǐHSK 7

  angel

• 整天zhěng tiānHSK 3

  all day long; whole day

• 当天dāng tiānHSK 6

  on that day

• 白天bái tiānHSK 1

  daytime; during the day; day