向前

Chinese

		direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to	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. (向前)		向	前
simp. #(向前)		向	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ cin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiong-chhièn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiòng-chiân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang³ zoin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngcián
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: syàng-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqchyan
    • Palladius: сянцянь (sjancjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng³ cin⁴
    • Yale: heung chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiong-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong⁴ qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: hiòng-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiorngcieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang³ zoin⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiàng tsôiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/

Adverb

向前

1. forward; ahead

   向前看  ―  xiàngqián kàn  ―  to look ahead

   向前衝／向前冲  ―  xiàngqián chōng  ―  to dash forward

   向前200米  ―  xiàngqián liǎngbǎi mǐ  ―  200 metres ahead

   向前大大地邁進一步 [MSC, trad.]
   向前大大地迈进一步 [MSC, simp.]

   xiàngqián dàdà de màijìn yībù [Pinyin]

   to take a big step forward

Antonyms

• 向後／向后 (xiànghòu)

Derived terms

• 向前看 (xiàngqiánkàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (向前):

• → Korean: 향전(向前) (hyangjeon)

Verb

向前

1. (Hokkien, rhetoric in Mandarin) to go forwards