往前 meaning in English

wǎngqián

(in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future

17 strokes

Meaning of 往前

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wǎngqián
  1. (in) the past
  2. ahead; forward; in the future

往前 in example sentences

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

我wǒ不bù能néng再zài往wǎng前qián走zǒu了le。
I can't go any farther.
一yì直zhí往wǎng前qián走zǒu。
Keep walking straight ahead.
车chē往wǎng前qián走zǒu。
The car was going forward.
往wǎng前qián开kāi。
Drive on.
这zhè儿ér往wǎng前qián有yǒu所suǒ商shāng店diàn。
There used to be a shop here.

Stroke order for each character

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往 wǎng · to go · 8 strokes

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前 qián · front · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 往前.

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
交往jiāowǎngto associate (with); to have contact (with)
眼前yǎnqiánbefore one's eyes; now
提前tíqiánto shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time

Questions about 往前

What does 往前 mean?

往前 (wǎngqián) means "(in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future".

How do you write 往前?

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