# 以前 (yǐqián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 以前 (yǐqián) means “before; formerly”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: before; formerly
- Pinyin: yǐqián (yi3 qian2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 你以前来过这个地方吗？
  Nǐ yǐqián lái guo zhège dìfang ma?
  Have you ever been to this place before?

## Characters

- [以](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-with-by-means/) (yǐ): (prep.) with, by means of; in order to
- [前](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-front/) (qián): front; before

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-qian-before/

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