前 qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
前进
qiánjìn
to move forward
Characters in this word
进 jìn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 井 well, mine shaft, pit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们前进吧。 Wǒmen qiánjìn ba. Let us move forward.
- 车慢慢前进。 Chē mànman qiánjìn. The car moves forward slowly.
- 请继续前进。 Qǐng jìxù qiánjìn. Please keep moving forward.
Related words
- 前 qián front, before
- 前边 qiánbian front, in front
- 前天 qiántiān the day before yesterday
- 面前 miànqián in front of
- 前年 qiánnián the year before last
- 以前 yǐqián before; in the past
- 从前 cóngqián in the past; long ago
- 目前 mùqián now; at present
- 前后 qiánhòu front and back
- 前面 qiánmiàn in front; ahead
- 前往 qiánwǎng to go to; to head for
- 提前 tíqián ahead of time