IN FRONT  前面前

PLACE BETWEEN SPEAKER AND something OR NEAR in the DIRECTION the SPEAKER LOOKING.
Antonym
  • BEHINDPLACE on the MORE DISTANT SIDE of a THING as SEEN FROM the HUMAN WHO SEES THIS THING.
    Hypernym
    • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
      • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
    See also
    • EARLYTIME PERIOD SOMETHING has NOT-YET HAPPENED
      • BEFOREEARLY IN-RELATION-TO.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The current word for "before in space" is qián 前 (ant. hòu 後 "behind"), and the word does not seem to have competitors.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        前

        前面

        前邊

        前頭

        前方

        頭��

        先頭

        眼前

        面前

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

        • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 173

          ANTE, ANTEA

          10. Inter Ante et antea. Ante locum significat et personam, antea tantum tempus.

        Words

        前  qián OC: dzeen MC: dzen 42 Attributions

        The current word for "before in space" is qián 前 (ant. hòu 後"behind"), and the word does not seem to have competitors.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 後/BEHIND The standard term is hòu 後 (ant. qián 前 "before") which has both temporal and spatial meanings, the spatial meaning being the primary one. The term has no competitors in the spatial sphere.

          Syntactic words
        • n(post-N)what is before one's eyes; the front (of an animal)
        • n(post-N.)adSin front of oneCH
        • n(post-N.)adVV in front of the contextually determinate NDS
        • n(post-N.postadV)from the front of the contextually determinate NCH
        • nadNfront 前殿
        • nadNfigurativethe aforementioned
        • nadVin front; up front; ahead
        • nplacefrontline, the place up in front
        • npost-.N ZHIspacein front of, beforeDS
        • npost-N(spatial) before; in front of
        • npost-Nfigurativein front of N, leading position in respect to N
        • npostadVdirectiondirectional complement: V in forward direction
        • n{PLACE}adVin front; up front
        上  shàng OC: ɡljaŋs MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • n[post-N]N=armythe front (of an army)

        Existing SW for

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