提前

tíqián

adverb HSK 3 #2,682

Meanings

1 in advance; ahead of time
2 to move up (a date or schedule)

Characters

to lift; to bring up

front; before; ahead

Lift + forward — to move something earlier in time.

Examples

请提前十分钟到。

Qǐng tíqián shí fēnzhōng dào.

Please arrive ten minutes early.

会议提前到下午两点。

Huìyì tíqián dào xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn.

The meeting was moved up to 2 PM.

他提前完成了任务。

Tā tíqián wánchéng le rènwu.

He completed the task ahead of schedule.

Tips

grammar

提前 can be used as an adverb before the verb (提前到达, arrive early) or as a verb itself (把会议提前, move the meeting earlier). Opposite: 推迟 (tuīchí, to postpone).

Stroke Order

提 tí

前 qián