qián

  1. qián noun front
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 前面 'front' in terms of phyiscal position (ABC 'qián' 前 bf; Kroll 2015 '前' 1; NCCED '前' 2; Unihan '前')
  2. qián noun former; the past
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
    Notes: For example, 前所未有 'never happened in the past, i.e. unprecedented' (CCI '前所未有'; Kroll 2015 '前' 2; NCCED '前' 3; Unihan '前').
  3. qián verb to go forward
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1a; NCCED '前'; Unihan '前')
  4. qián adjective preceding
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 5)
  5. qián adjective before; earlier; prior
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
    Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 2; Kroll 2015 '前' 2; NCCED '前' 4; Unihan '前')
  6. qián verb to appear before
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1b)
  7. qián noun future
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
    Notes: (NCCED '前' 6)
  8. qián noun top; first
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 7)
  9. qián noun battlefront
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
    Notes: (NCCED '前' 8)
  10. qián prefix pre-
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: For example, 前总统 'former president' (ABC 'qián' 前 pref)
  11. qián adjective before; former; pūrva
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrva, Japanese: zen (BCSD '前', p. 195; DJBT '前', p. 425; Mahāvyutpatti 'pūrvāntaḥ'; MW 'pūrva'; SH '前', p. 297)
  12. qián adjective facing; mukha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mukha (BCSD '前', p. 195; MW 'mukha')

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  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 783
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 658
  • Scroll 6 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 354
  • Scroll 8 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 334
  • Scroll 4 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 332
  • Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 327
  • Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 317
  • Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 308
  • Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 295
  • Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 276

Collocations

  • 佛前 (佛前) 立於佛前 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 34
  • 前坐 (前坐) 別取小牀敷在佛前坐 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 18
  • 王前 (王前) 詣羅呵阿須倫王前 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 12
  • 前立 (前立) 此諸大神皆嫌此比丘當佛前立 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 11
  • 前白佛 (前白佛) 前白佛言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
  • 帝释前 (帝釋前) 於帝釋前忉利天眾中鼓琴供養 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 8
  • 太子前 (太子前) 安置車馬控太子前 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 舍前 (捨前) 而捨前採藥及拾落果 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 4
  • 可前 (可前) 可前小坐 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 4
  • 众前 (眾前) 就高座於眾前坐 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 3