# 事先 (shìxiān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 事先 (shìxiān) means “beforehand; in advance”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: beforehand; in advance
- Pinyin: shìxiān (shi4 xian1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 如果你不能来，请事先告诉我。
  Rúguǒ nǐ bù néng lái, qǐng shìxiān gàosu wǒ.
  If you can't come, please tell me in advance.

## Characters

- [事](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-matter/) (shì): matter; thing
- [先](https://hanziro.com/word/xian-first/) (xiān): first; beforehand

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-xian-beforehand/

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