# 此前 (cǐqián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 此前 (cǐqián) means “before this; previously”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: before this; previously
- Pinyin: cǐqián (ci3 qian2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 此前我们已经讨论过这个问题。
  Cǐqián wǒmen yǐjīng tǎolùn guò zhège wèntí.
  Previously, we had already discussed this issue.

## Characters

- [此](https://hanziro.com/word/ci-this/) (cǐ): this; these
- [前](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-front/) (qián): front; before

https://hanziro.com/word/ci-qian-before-this/

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