之前 — stroke order
Learn how to write 之前 (zhīqián), which means “before”. It is written with 2 characters and 12 strokes in total. Each character below is animated in the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap any character to replay it, or use “Play all strokes” to watch the whole word written in order.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | 注音 | Meaning | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 之 | zhī | ㄓ | marks preceding phrase as modifier of… | 3 |
| 前 | qián | ㄑㄧㄢˊ | in front, forward | 9 |