| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 前 | qián | before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front | |
| 前輩 | 前辈 | qián bèi | senior; older generation |
| 前邊 | 前边 | qián biān | (n) the area in front of sth |
| 前不久 | qián bù jiǔ | not long before | |
| 前部皮層下損傷 | 前部皮层下损伤 | qián bù pí céng xià sǔn shāng | anterior subcortical lesions |
| 前程 | qián chéng | future (career, etc) prospects | |
| 前詞典語音加工 | 前词典语音加工 | qián cí diǎn yǔ yīn jiā gōng | prelexical phonology |
| 前詞彙加工 | 前词汇加工 | qián cí huì jiā gōng | pre-lexical access |
| 前詞彙階段 | 前词汇阶段 | qián cí huì jiē duàn | pre-lexical stage |
| 前詞彙語音加工 | 前词汇语音加工 | qián cí huì yǔ yīn jiā gōng | pre-lexical phonological processing |
| 前額 | 前额 | qián è | forehead |
| 前方 | qián fāng | ahead; the front | |
| 前鋒 | 前锋 | qián fēng | tackle (football move) |
| 前赴後繼 | 前赴后继 | qián fù hòu jì | (saying) advance in waves of people |
| 前後 | 前后 | qián hòu | around; about; from beginning to end |
| 前件 | qián jiàn | antecedent (logic) | |
| 前金區 | 前金区 | Qián jīn qū | (N) Chienchin (area in Taiwan) |
| 前進 | 前进 | qián jìn | to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward |
| 前景 | qián jǐng | foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective | |
| 前列 | qián liè | (n) the very front | |
| 前列腺 | qián liè xiàn | prostate | |
| 前列腺素 | qián liè xiàn sù | prostaglandin | |
| 前列腺炎 | qián liè xiàn yán | prostatitis | |
| 前面 | qián mian | fore; front | |
| 前年 | qián nián | the year before last | |
| 前妻 | qián qī | ex-wife | |
| 前期 | qián qī | (n) the time period preceeding some other time | |
| 前秦 | Qián Qín | Former Qin | |
| 前驅症狀 | 前驱症状 | qián qū zhèng zhuàng | prodrome |
| 前人 | qián rén | (n) ancestors | |
| 前任 | qián rèn | predecessor; ex-; former | |
| 前日 | qián rì | day before yesterday | |
| 前生 | qián shēng | pre-existence | |
| 前生召喚 | 前生召唤 | qián shēng zhào huàn | foreordination |
| 前蘇聯 | 前苏联 | qián sū lián | former Soviet Union |
| 前所未有 | qián suǒ wèi yǒu | unprecedented | |
| 前台 | qián tái | forestage | |
| 前提 | qián tí | premise | |
| 前提條件 | 前提条件 | qián tí tiáo jiàn | pre-conditions |
| 前天 | qián tiān | the day before yesterday | |
| 前田慶次 | 前田庆次 | Qián tián qìng cì | Maeda Keiji |
| 前頭 | 前头 | qián tou | in front; at the head; ahead; above |
| 前途 | qián tú | prospects; outlook (for the future); future | |
| 前往 | qián wǎng | leave for; proceed towards; to go | |
| 前衛 | 前卫 | qián wèi | (n) advance guard |
| 前衛湖北警官學院足球俱樂部 | 前卫湖北警官学院足球俱乐部 | Qián wèi hú běi jǐng guān Xué yuàn zú qiú Jù lè bù | Vanguard Hubei Police Academy FC |
| 前夕 | qián xī | eve; the day before | |
| 前線 | 前线 | qián xiàn | (n) military front line; edge of a construction site |
| 前向擁塞通知 | 前向拥塞通知 | qián xiàng yōng sāi tōng zhī | Forward Explicit Congestion Notification; FECN |
| 前言 | qián yán | preface; forward; introduction | |
| 前仰后合 | qián yǎng hòu hé | to sway to and fro; to rock back and forth | |
| 前者 | qián zhě | the former | |
| 前鎮區 | 前镇区 | Qián zhèn qū | (N) Chienchen (area in Taiwan) |
| 前肢 | qián zhī | forelimb; foreleg | |
| 前綴 | 前缀 | qián zhuì | prefix (linguistics) |
| 前奏 | qián zòu | prelude; presage |
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