前不久

Chinese

		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	soon; before long; not long
trad. (前不久)		前	不久
simp. #(前不久)		前	不久

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánbùjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánbùjiǔ → qiánbujiǔ (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ → ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄐㄧㄡˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánbůjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-pu⁵-chiu³
    • Yale: chyán-bu-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanbujeou
    • Palladius: цяньбуцзю (cjanʹbuczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ b̥u³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adverb

前不久

1. not long ago; not long before; recently; lately