前夕 meaning in English

qiánxī

eve; the day before

HSK 7-9noun12 strokes

Meaning of 前夕

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiánxī
  1. eve
  2. the day before

前夕 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

考kǎo试shì前qián夕xī,他tā特tè别bié焦jiāo虑lǜ。
He was very anxious on the eve of the exam.

Stroke order for each character

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前 qián · front · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

夕 xī · evening · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 前夕.

前天qiántiānthe day before yesterday
前边qiánbianfront; the front side
以前yǐqiánbefore; formerly
面前miànqiánin front of; facing
前年qiánniánthe year before last
目前mùqiánat the present time; currently
前面qiánmiànahead; in front
前进qiánjìnto go forward; to forge ahead
前往qiánwǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
眼前yǎnqiánbefore one's eyes; now
提前tíqiánto shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time
从前cóngqiánpreviously; formerly

Questions about 前夕

What does 前夕 mean?

前夕 (qiánxī) means "eve; the day before" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 前夕?

前夕 is made of 2 characters: 前 (9 strokes), 夕 (3 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 前夕 an HSK word?

Yes. 前夕 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.