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提前

tíqián

ahead of time

A person delivering a parcel early
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Characters in this word

提 tí

Strokes
12
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 是 to be
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

前 qián

Strokes
9
Radical
刂 — knife

Example phrases

  • 请提前来。 Qǐng tíqián lái. Please come ahead of time.
  • 我提前到。 Wǒ tíqián dào. I arrive ahead of time.
  • 提前十分钟。 Tíqián shí fēnzhōng. Ten minutes ahead of time.

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