HSK 3.0	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng
1	馬上	马上	mǎshàng	in a short time, at_once, instantaneously, promptly, at once, incontinent, in the same breath, directively, instantly, slapbang, pronto, right_away, immediately, shortly, without delay, right away, tout-de-suite, forthwith, presently, in_no_time, at a time, soon, hereupon, in a few seconds, before long, at one time, outright, straightaway, in a minute, directly, momently, in a f
1	前天	前天	qiántiān	the day before yesterday
1	先	先	xiān	earlier, in advance, before
1	再	再	zài	again, once more, further(more), in a higher degree, and then, not (do sth.) before
1	早	早	zǎo	early, long ago, in advance, beforehand, prematurely
2	不久	不久	bùjiǔ	not long (after), before too long, soon, soon after
2	才	才	cái	then and only then, just now, only (before a number)
2	面前	面前	miànqián	in_front, in front of, in the front of, in the face of, front, presence, before
2	前年	前年	qiánnián	the year before last
2	以前	以前	yǐqián	langsyne, ago, in the past, formerly, prevenient, before, previously
3	立刻	立刻	lìkè	in a short time, at_once, promptly, offhand, at once, anon, instantly, straightway, now, slapbang, pronto, right_away, immediately, without delay, right away, forthwith, presto, at a time, before long, in a minute, swith, directly, in no time, incontinent, subito, without_delay, in real time, shortly, tout-de-suite, away, soon, presently, in a few seconds, very fast, chop-chop, at o
3	眼前	眼前	yǎnqián	before one's eyes
4	按時	按时	ànshí	on time, before deadline, on schedule
4	才	才	cái	then and only then, just now, only (before a number)
4	曾	曾	céng	once, ever, before
4	即將	即将	jíjiāng	in a short time, promptly, on the point of, at once, instantly, pronto, immediately, shortly, without delay, tout-de-suite, right away, forthwith, presently, soon, in a few seconds, before long, straightaway, in a minute, about to
4	事先	事先	shìxiān	ahead, beforehand, in advance, in_advance, aforetime, aforehand
4	依然	依然	yīrán	notwithstanding, natheless, withal, even so, yet, nonetheless, nevertheless, all the same, however, still, as before
4	之前	之前	zhīqián	before, prior to, ago
5	跟前	跟前	gēnqian	the front (of), (in) front, (in) sb's presence, just before (a date), (of children, parents etc) at one's side, living with one
5	加以	加以	jiāyǐ	handle; treat (used before polysyllabic verbs or verbal nouns)
5	仍舊	仍旧	réngjiù	still, as before
5	先前	先前	xiānqián	before, previously
5	依舊	依旧	yījiù	as_usual, as was common, as usual, still, as before
5	展現	展现	zhǎnxiàn	unfold before one's eyes
6	此前	此前	cǐqián	before this, before then, previously
6	照樣	照样	zhàoyàng	as before, (same) as usual, in the same manner, still, nevertheless
7	保質期	保质期	bǎozhìqī	date of use (on foodstuffs), best before date
7	趁早	趁早	chènzǎo	as soon as possible, at the first opportunity, the sooner the better, before it's too late
7	遞交	递交	dìjiāo	to present, to give, to hand over, to hand in, to lay before
7	浮現	浮现	fúxiàn	appear before one's eyes, float, suggest, come up, rise up, surface, ray, rise, appear, emerge
7	叫板	叫板	jiàobǎn	to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song), (coll.) to challenge
7	前不久	前不久	qiánbùjiǔ	not long ago, not long before
7	前無古人	前无古人	qiánwúgǔrén	Before no ancient people
7	前夕	前夕	qiánxī	eve, the day before
7	一如既往	一如既往	yīrú-jìwǎng	just as in the past (idiom), as before, continuing as always
7	預先	预先	yùxiān	beforehand, in advance

CORE WORDS

before prep.