日前

rìqián

noun HSK 6 #22,755

Meanings

Literally 'days before' - recently, a few days ago

HSK 5

他日前接受了一家媒体的采访。

Tā rìqián jiēshòu le yìjiā méitǐ de cǎifǎng.

He was interviewed by a media outlet the other day.

HSK 6

日前，一项新政策正式实施。

Rìqián, yī xiàng xīn zhèngcè zhèngshì shíshī.

Recently, a new policy was officially implemented.

日前 is formal and mostly used in news and written Chinese. In everyday speech, people say 前几天 (qián jǐ tiān) or 最近 (zuìjìn) instead.

mistakes

Don't confuse 日前 (recently, in the past) with 目前 (mùqián, at present/currently). They sound different but learners sometimes mix up their meanings.

日 rì

前 qián