前年

Character by character

• 前qián9 strokesHSK 1in front, forward; preceding
• 年nián6 strokesHSK 1year; new-years; person's age

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Words with the same characters

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

• 年niánHSK 1

  grain; harvest (old); variant of 年

• 前qiánHSK 1

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

• 之前zhī qiánHSK 4

  before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand

• 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2

  before; formerly; previous; ago

• 目前mù qiánHSK 3

  at the present time; currently

• 今年jīn niánHSK 1

  this year

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 面前miàn qiánHSK 2

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

• 年轻nián qīngHSK 2

  young

• 年代nián dàiHSK 3

  a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

• 前面qián miànHSK 3

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

• 年龄nián língHSK 5

  (a person's) age

• 提前tí qiánHSK 3

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

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 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

• 前进qián jìnHSK 3

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

• 当年dāng niánHSK 5

  in those days; then; in those years; during that time

• 新年xīn niánHSK 1

  New Year

• 年纪nián jìHSK 3

  age

• 青年qīng niánHSK 2

  youth; youthful years; young person; the young

• 周年zhōu niánHSK 2

  anniversary; annual

• 年度nián dùHSK 5

  year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual

• 少年shào niánHSK 2

  early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man