# 之前
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhīqián
       (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi$^1$ qian$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зычян (zɨči͡an, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$ cin$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): zi$^1$ 'qien$^2$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zi$^1$ qiên$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): ci̿-chîng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chi-chiân / chi-chêng / chi-chûiⁿ / chir-chîⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ze$^1$ zoin$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$tsy-zhi$_6$; $^1$tsy $^6$zhi / $^1$tsy-zie$_2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhīqián
*** Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhihcián
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^1$-chʻien$^2$
*** Yale: jr̄-chyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jychyan
*** Palladius: чжицянь (čžicjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$之前 支前
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zi$^1$ qian$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zkian
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зычян (zɨči͡an, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩²⁴ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$ cin$^4$
*** Yale: jī chìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$ tsin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$ qin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$之前 支前
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^1$ 'qien$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁴² ˈt͡ɕʰiɛn²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zi$^1$ qiên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ci̿-chîng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³ t͡sʰiŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-chiân
*** Tâi-lô: tsi-tsiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cicieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ t͡siɛn²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-chêng
*** Tâi-lô: tsi-tsîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cizeeng
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-chûiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsi-tsuînn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cizvuii
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ t͡suĩ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-chîⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsir-tsînn
*** IPA (Longyan): /t͡sz̩³³⁴ t͡sĩ¹¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ze$^1$ zoin$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ tsôiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsy-zhi$_6$; $^1$tsy $^6$zhi
*** MiniDict: tsy$^平$ zhi$^去$; tsy$^平$ zhi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsr-xxi$_3$; $^1$tsr $^3$xxi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/, /t͡sz̩⁴⁴ ʑi²³/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsy-zie$_2$
*** MiniDict: tsy$^平$ zie$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sz̩⁴⁴ zɪ/

### Noun

之前
* before; in front of; ahead of
       nǐ zhīqián de gōngzuò jīngyàn [Pinyin]
       your previous job experience
       Nǐ zǒu zhīqián, wǒ qù kàn nǐ, hǎo ma? [Pinyin]
       Can I see you before you leave?
       Zài méiyǒu kāihuì zhīqián, wǒ xiǎng qǐngjiào jǐge wèntí. [Pinyin]
       I would like to ask a few questions before the meeting begins.
* (placed sentence-initially) before; previously
       Zhīqián, wǒ méi xué guò xiě Zhōngwén. [Pinyin]
       I haven't learned to write Chinese before.

#### Antonyms

* 之後／之后 (zhīhòu)