前年

qiánnián

the year before last

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 3

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

前

年

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

前

年

See it in sentences

前年我去了南方旅游。

I traveled in the south the year before last.

前年冬天，我开始学习汉语。

I started learning Chinese in the winter two years ago.