Chinese symbol for “preoperative”
术前
shù qián
Traditional: 術前
preoperative; before surgery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for preoperative is 术前 (shù qián), defined as: preoperative; before surgery.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 术前.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 技术 (技術) | jì shù | technology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng) |
| 艺术 (藝術) | yì shù | art |
| 学术 (學術) | xué shù | learning; science |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
| 艺术家 (藝術家) | yì shù jiā | artist; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng) |
| 美术 (美術) | měi shù | art; fine arts |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before; prior to |
See also: Japanese symbol for “preoperative”.
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.