1 (wiktionary) 2 (zh.wikipedia) 3 (en.wikipedia) 4 (glosbe)




Compounds Expand your vocabulary by studying more complex words built by the 'core words'.




CORE WORDS



CEFR GNOT Temporal • anteriority earlier than




BRIT6000 before,earlier früher prima plus tôt antes
BRIT6000 before,earlier than vor prima di avant,de antes de


Expert Time eher + earlier, sooner + Time phrases C

TOPIK EARLIER; FIRST 먼저 さきに【先に】。まず。あらかじめ【予め】。まえもって【前もって】 trước PRIMERO, PRIMERAMENTE, ANTES
TOPIK BEFORE; EARLIER 앞서 さきだって【先立って】。さきに【先に】 trước, sớm hơn PRIMERO, ANTES, YA, DE ANTEMANO, ANTICIPADAMENTE
TOPIK EARLIER; THE OTHER DAY 前者 前者 전자 このまえ【此の前】。せんぱん【先般】 trước, vừa qua EL PRIMERO
L018 sớm hơn früher earlier
L058 sớm hơn früher earlier



HSK 1.0 (1992)

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A

xian1

earlier/ before/ first/ temporarily

C

原先

原先

yuan2xian1

original-earlier/ former/ original

D

前期

前期

qian2qi1

the earlier stage


HSK 2.0 (2010)

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4

提前

ti2 qian2

to shift to an earlier date/ to bring forward/ to advance

6

一向

yi1 xiang4

all along/ the whole time/ constantly/ earlier/ lately

6

继往开来

ji4 wang3 kai1 lai2

to follow the past and herald the future (idiom)/ part of a historical transition/ forming a bridge between earlier and later stages


HSK 3.0 (2022)

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xiān

earlier, in advance, before

2

早就

早就

zǎojiù

already at an earlier time

3

提前

提前

tíqián

counter, foresee, shift to an earlier date, set ahead, advance date, advanced, advancement, move up, anticipate, advance, forestall

7

提早

提早

tízǎo

earlier than planned or expected, in advance, shift to an earlier time

中国古代周朝比秦朝早几百年。



The ancient Chinese Zhou dynasty was several hundred years earlier than the Qin dynasty .
中国 古代 周朝 秦朝 几百年

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If you had come only two minutes earlier , you could have caught the bus .

如果你早到两分钟,你就可以赶上公共汽车了。

I should have come earlier .

我应该早点来的。

You must get up a little earlier .

你必须早起一点。

I got up earlier than usual .

我比平常起得早。

I left earlier than my sister .

我比姐姐走得早。

You should have come earlier .

你应该早点来的。

You ran into him earlier , didn't you ?

你之前就遇到过他,不是吗?

You ought to have come here earlier .

你应该早点来这里的。

What prevented you from coming earlier ?

是什么阻碍了你早点来?

They had started earlier than us .

他们比我们更早开始。

My brother always gets up earlier than I.

我哥哥总是比我起得早。

It is regrettable that you did not start earlier .

遗憾的是你没有早点开始。

We should have set off earlier .

我们应该早点出发的。



如果你早到两分钟,你就可以赶上公共汽车了。
我应该早点来的。
你必须早起一点。
我比平常起得早。
我比姐姐走得早。
你应该早点来的。
你之前就遇到过他,不是吗?
你应该早点来这里的。
是什么阻碍了你早点来?
他们比我们更早开始。
我哥哥总是比我起得早。
遗憾的是你没有早点开始。
我们应该早点出发的。