Chinese symbol for “prefix”
前缀
qián zhuì
Traditional: 前綴
prefix (linguistics)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prefix is 前缀 (qián zhuì), defined as: prefix (linguistics).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “prefix”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 字首 | zì shǒu | prefix |
| 词头 (詞頭) | cí tóu | prefix; headword (in a dictionary) |
| 前冠 | qián guān | heading; prefix |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 前缀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before; prior to |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before; formerly |
| 前往 | qián wǎng | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to |
| 面前 | miàn qián | in front of; facing |
| 当前 (當前) | dāng qián | the present time; to be faced with |
| 点缀 (點綴) | diǎn zhuì | to decorate; to adorn |
| 后缀 (後綴) | hòu zhuì | suffix (linguistics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prefix”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.