| 前磨齿 | qián mó chǐ | premolar tooth |
| 前科 | qián kē | criminal record; previous convictions |
| 前程远大 | qián chéng yuǎn dà | to have a future full of promise |
| 前空翻 | qián kōng fān | forward somersault; front flip |
| 前端 | qián duān | front; front end; forward part of sth |
| 前缀 | qián zhuì | prefix (linguistics) |
| 前缘未了 | qián yuán wèi liǎo | one’s predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom) |
| 前总理 | qián zǒng lǐ | former prime minister |
| 前总统 | qián zǒng tǒng | former president |
| 前置词 | qián zhì cí | preposition |
| 前翅 | qián chì | front wing (of insect) |
| 前胸 | qián xiōng | human chest; breast |
| 前腿 | qián tuǐ | forelegs |
| 前臼齿 | qián jiù chǐ | premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals) |
| 前舱 | qián cāng | fore hold (on ship); bow cabin |
| 前茅 | qián máo | forward patrol (miitary) |
| 前苏联 | qián Sū lián | former Soviet Union |
| 前词典语音加工 | qián cí diǎn yǔ yīn jiā gōng | prelexical phonology |
| 前词汇加工 | qián cí huì jiā gōng | pre-lexical access |
| 前词汇语音加工 | qián cí huì yǔ yīn jiā gōng | pre-lexical phonological processing |
| 前词汇阶段 | qián cí huì jiē duàn | pre-lexical stage |
| 前赵 | Qián Zhào | Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329) |
| 前车主 | qián chē zhǔ | previous owner (of a car for sale) |
前车之覆，
后车之鉴 | qián chē zhī fù ,
hòu chē zhī jiàn | lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy |
| 前车之鉴 | qián chē zhī jiàn | to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom) |
| 前辍 | qián chuò | prefix |
| 前述 | qián shù | aforestated; stated above; the preceding statement |
| 前途未卜 | qián tú wèi bǔ | hanging in the balance; the future is hard to forecast; ¿Qué serà?; who knows what the future holds? |
| 前途渺茫 | qián tú miǎo máng | not knowing what to do next; at a loose end |
| 前途无量 | qián tú wú liàng | to have boundless prospects |
| 前进区 | Qián jìn qū | Qianjin district of Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯, Heilongjiang |
| 前边儿 | qián bianr | erhua variant of 前边 |
| 前部 | qián bù | front part; front section; nose (of a plane) |
| 前部皮层下损伤 | qián bù pí céng xià sǔn shāng | anterior subcortical lesions |
前郭尔罗斯蒙古族
自治县 | Qián guō ěr Luó sī Měng gǔ zú zì zhì xiàn | Qian Gorlos Mongol autonomous county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin |
| 前郭县 | Qián guō xiàn | Qian Gorlos Mongol autonomous county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin |
| 前郭镇 | Qián guō zhèn | Qian Gorlos township, capital of Qian Gorlos Mongol autonomous county 前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县, Songyuan, Jilin |
| 前金 | Qián jīn | Qianjin or Chienchin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan |
| 前金区 | Qián jīn qū | Qianjin or Chienchin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan |
| 前锯肌 | qián jù jī | serratus anterior muscle (upper sides of the chest) |
| 前镇 | Qián zhèn | Qianzhen or Chienchen district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan |
| 前镇区 | Qián zhèn qū | Qianzhen or Chienchen district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan |
前门打虎，
后门打狼 | qián mén dǎ hǔ ,
hòu mén dǎ láng | to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another |
前门拒虎，
后门进狼 | qián mén jù hǔ ,
hòu mén jìn láng | to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another |
| 前首相 | qián shǒu xiàng | former prime minister |
| 前体 | qián tǐ | precursor |
| 前鼻音 | qián bí yīn | alveolar nasal; consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge |
| 前齿龈 | qián chǐ yín | alveolar; front part of the alveolar ridge |
| 匍匐前进 | pú fú qián jìn | to crawl forward |
| 千年前 | qiān nián qián | a thousand years ago |
