往前

Chinese

		toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (往前)		往	前
simp. #(往前)		往	前
anagram		前往

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ cin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngcián
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-chʻien²
    • Yale: wǎng-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangchyan
    • Palladius: ванцянь (vancjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁵ cin⁴
    • Yale: wóhng chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Noun

往前

1. the past

Synonyms

• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
• 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往常 (wǎngcháng)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
• 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
• 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年／当年
• 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)

 

Adverb

往前

1. forwards