Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 以前 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Example sentences
How 以前 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
你以前喜欢吗？
nǐ yǐ qián xǐ huan ma
Did you use to like it?
我以前打网球。
wǒ yǐ qián dǎ wǎng qiú
I used to play tennis.
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