之前
zhi¯ qianˊ
Before, Previously, From before
之前來過的那個地方
The same place as last time
zhi¯ qianˊ laiˊ guoˋ de˙ naˋ ge˙ diˋ fang¯
他之前相信的一切
Everything he'd believed until recently
ta¯ zhi¯ qianˊ xiang¯ xinˋ de˙ yiˊ qieˋ
被捕之前
Before being caught, Before being arrested
beiˋ buˇ zhi¯ qianˊ
離開之前
Before leaving
liˊ kai¯ zhi¯ qianˊ
在執行之前
Before carrying out, Before doing it
zaiˋ zhiˊ xingˊ zhi¯ qianˊ
在裝槍之前
Before installing the gun, Before fitting the gun
zaiˋ zhuang¯ qiang¯ zhi¯ qianˊ
校車來之前
Before the school bus came
xiaoˋ che¯ laiˊ zhi¯ qianˊ
仿佛今天之前
As if before today, As if to this day
fangˇ foˊ jin¯ tian¯ zhi¯ qianˊ
在這一刻之前
Until now, Until this moment, Up until this moment
zaiˋ zheˋ yiˊ keˋ zhi¯ qianˊ
在執行判刑之前
Before a sentence is carried out
zaiˋ zhiˊ xingˊ panˋ xingˊ zhi¯ qianˊ
在一切亂了套之前
Before everything went crazy
zaiˋ yiˊ qieˋ luanˋ le˙ taoˋ zhi¯ qianˊ
在事情終於發生之前
Before it finally happened
zaiˋ shiˋ qingˊ zhong¯ yuˊ fa¯ sheng¯ zhi¯ qianˊ
在相片拍攝完成之前
While picture is being taken
zaiˋ xiangˋ pianˋ pai¯ sheˋ wanˊ chengˊ zhi¯ qianˊ
這之前
Before this
zheˋ zhi¯ qianˊ
在這之前
Before this
zaiˋ zheˋ zhi¯ qianˊ
嘔吐之前
Prior to vomiting
ouˇ tuˇ zhi¯ qianˊ
還沒嘔吐之前
Having not yet vomited
haiˊ meiˊ ouˇ tuˇ zhi¯ qianˊ
退縮之前
Before running away, Before backing away, Before retreating
tuiˋ suo¯ zhi¯ qianˊ
他搶在自己退縮之前
He steeled himself before he could runaway
ta¯ qiangˇ zaiˋ ziˋ jiˇ tuiˋ suo¯ zhi¯ qianˊ
接近她之前
Before approaching her
jie¯ jinˋ ta¯ zhi¯ qianˊ
在我擺脫她之前
Before I got rid of her
zaiˋ woˇ baiˇ tuo¯ ta¯ zhi¯ qianˊ
數世紀之前
Centuries before, Centuries ago
shuˋ shiˋ jiˋ zhi¯ qianˊ
建於數世紀之前
Had been built centuries ago
jianˋ yuˊ shuˋ shiˋ jiˋ zhi¯ qianˊ
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