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以前 — stroke order

以 yǐ
前 qián
yǐqián
ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

before

Characters
2
Total strokes
13
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Learn how to write 以前 (yǐqián), which means “before”. It is written with 2 characters and 13 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

CharacterPinyin注音MeaningStrokes
以 yǐ ㄧˇ according to 4
前 qián ㄑㄧㄢˊ in front, forward 9

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可以kěyǐ所以suǒyǐ之前zhīqián

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