前後

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Chinese

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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
 
back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
 
trad. (前後)
simp. (前后)

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chêng-āu/chûiⁿ-ǎu - vernacular;
  • chiân-hō͘/chiân-hiǒ - literary.

Noun

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前後

  1. front and rear; before and after

Adverb

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前後

  1. (of a point in or period of time) around; about
  2. from beginning to end
  3. continuously; one after another; bit by bit; in turn; successively; in succession

Synonyms

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  • (around):
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  • (continuously):
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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぜん
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぜん)() (zengo

  1. front and behind
  2. right before and after
  3. consequences

Derived terms

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Suffix

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(ぜん)() (-zengo

  1. about, around

Synonyms

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Verb

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(ぜん)()する (zengo surusuru (stem (ぜん)() (zengo shi), past (ぜん)()した (zengo shita))

  1. to invert the order

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN