前者 meaning in English

qiánzhě

the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)

HSK 7-9noun17 strokes

Meaning of 前者

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qiánzhě

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

两liǎng者zhě都dōu可kě以yǐ，但dàn是shì前qián者zhě更gèng简jiǎn洁jié。

Either one is fine, but the former is more concise.

实shí践jiàn和hé理lǐ论lùn同tóng样yàng重zhòng要yào，但dàn我wǒ们men倾qīng向xiàng于yú重zhòng视shì后hòu者zhě而ér忽hū略lüè前qián者zhě。

Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.

比bǐ起qǐ歌gē舞wǔ伎jì，我wǒ更gèng喜xǐ欢huān能néng乐lè表biǎo演yǎn，因yīn为wèi我wǒ觉jué得de后hòu者zhě比bǐ前qián者zhě优yōu雅yǎ。

I prefer Noh to Kabuki because I find the former to be more elegant than the latter.

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Words that share a character with 前者.

前天	qiántiān	the day before yesterday
前边	qiánbian	front; the front side
以前	yǐqián	before; formerly
或者	huòzhě	or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
面前	miànqián	in front of; facing
前年	qiánnián	the year before last
目前	mùqián	at the present time; currently
前面	qiánmiàn	ahead; in front
记者	jìzhě	reporter; journalist
前进	qiánjìn	to go forward; to forge ahead
前往	qiánwǎng	to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
眼前	yǎnqián	before one's eyes; now

What does 前者 mean?

前者 (qiánzhě) means "the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 前者?

前者 is made of 2 characters: 前 (9 strokes), 者 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 前者 an HSK word?

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