# 前者 (qiánzhě)

In Mandarin Chinese, 前者 (qiánzhě) means “the former”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: the former
- Pinyin: qiánzhě (qian2 zhe3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 两者之间，我选择前者。
  Liǎng zhě zhījiān, wǒ xuǎnzé qiánzhě.
  Between the two, I choose the former.

## Characters

- [前](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-front/) (qián): front; before
- [者](https://hanziro.com/word/zhe-person-who-does/) (zhě): (suffix) person who does sth; -er

https://hanziro.com/word/qian-zhe-former/

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