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Jyutping ngaan5 cin4
Pinyin yǎn qián

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. before one's eyes
  2. now
  3. at present
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    面前​嘅​;​引申​指而家​、​即刻​嘅
    in front of us; figuratively, at present or at the moment
    • 珍惜眼前人
      珍惜眼前人
      zan1 sik1 ngaan5 cin4 jan4
      to treasure the people who are with you at the moment
    • 事實擺在眼前
      事实摆在眼前
      The truth is standing right in front of you.
    • 遠在天邊,近在眼前
      远在天边,近在眼前
      Far away as the sky, close as right here.
    • 我哋眼前有好多問題要處理。
      我哋眼前有好多问题要处理。
      ngo5 dei6 ngaan5 cin4 jau5 hou2 do1 man6 tai4 jiu3 cyu5 lei5.
      We have a lot of issues in front of us that need to be dealt with.
  2. 反義詞
    日後
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    before one's eyes
  2. noun
    the present; the current moment; right now; immediate
    • 眼前利益
      眼前利益
      yǎn qián lì yì
      immediate interests
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 三级词汇表 #825
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    看著眼前凄凉的景象,我们不禁流下了泪来。
    看著眼前淒涼的景象,我們不禁流下了淚來。
    kàn zhù yǎn qián qī liáng de jǐng xiàng , wǒ men bù jīn liú xià le lèi lái 。
    • The pitiful sight moved us to tears.
  2. Mandarin
    他们在她眼前脱下我的衣服。
    他們在她眼前脫下我的衣服。
    tā men zài tā yǎn qián tuō xià wǒ de yī fu 。
    • They took off my clothes in front of her eyes.
  3. Mandarin
    元旦就在眼前。
    元旦就在眼前。
    yuán dàn jiù zài yǎn qián 。
    • New Year's Day is close at hand.
  4. Mandarin
    我屏气观看眼前光景。
    我屏氣觀看眼前光景。
    wǒ bǐng qì guān kàn yǎn qián guāng jǐng 。
    • I was watching the scene holding my breath.
    • I watched what was unfolding in front of my eyes with bated breath.
  5. Mandarin
    有时候你那精疲力尽的面孔出现在我的眼前。
    有時候你那精疲力盡的面孔出現在我的眼前。
    yǒu shí hou nǐ nà jīng pí lì jìn de miàn kǒng chū xiàn zài wǒ de yǎn qián 。
    • Sometimes that tired-out face of yours appears in front of my eyes.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呈现眼前
    呈現眼前
    cing4 jin6 ngaan5 cin4
    • to appear in front of me
  2. Cantonese
    佢畀人打咗后脑一下,即刻眼前发黑晕低咗。
    佢畀人打咗後腦一下,即刻眼前發黑暈低咗。
    keoi5 bei2 jan4 daa2 zo2 hau6 nou5 jat1 haa5, zik1 haak1 ngaan5 cin4 faat3 hak1 wan4 dai1 zo2
    • 她被人用力打了後腦一下,眼前頓時一片昏黑。
    • She was hit hard at her head and she blacked out immediately.
  3. Cantonese
    珍惜眼前人
    珍惜眼前人
    zan1 sik1 ngaan5 cin4 jan4
    • to treasure the people who are with you at the moment
    • to value those who are close to us
  4. Cantonese
    事实摆在眼前
    事實擺在眼前
    • The truth is standing right in front of you.
  5. Cantonese
    远在天边,近在眼前
    遠在天邊,近在眼前
    • Far away as the sky, close as right here.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    许多严峻的挑战还摆在眼前。
    許多嚴峻的挑戰還擺在眼前。
    xǔ duō yán jùn de tiǎo zhàn hái bǎi zài yǎn qián .
    • Many serious challenges still lie ahead.
  2. Mandarin
    雪山、草地都过来了,眼前到陕北七八百里就都是草滩、雪崖,我们也要走过去。
    雪山、草地都過來了,眼前到陝北七八百里就都是草灘、雪崖,我們也要走過去。
    xuě shān , cǎo dì dōu guò lái le , yǎn qián dào shǎn běi qī bā bǎi lǐ jiù dōu shì cǎo tān , xuě yá , wǒ men yě yào zǒu guò qù .
    • We've already passed through snowy mountains and grasslands; even if the next seven or eight hundred li to Shaanbei are all grassy marshland or snowy cliffs, we must still keep marching.
  3. Mandarin
    眼前利益
    眼前利益
    yǎn qián lì yì
    • immediate interests
  4. Mandarin
    例如眼前国民党反动派被我们所推翻,过去日本帝国主义被我们和各国人民所推翻,对于被推翻者来说,这是痛苦的,不堪设想的。
    例如眼前國民黨反動派被我們所推翻,過去日本帝國主義被我們和各國人民所推翻,對於被推翻者來説,這是痛苦的,不堪設想的。
    lì rú yǎn qián guó mín dǎng fǎn dòng pài bèi wǒ men suǒ tuī fān , guò qù rì běn dì guó zhǔ yì bèi wǒ men hé gè guó rén mín suǒ tuī fān , duì yú bèi tuī fān zhě lái shuō , zhè shì tòng kǔ de , bù kān shè xiǎng de .
    • To be overthrown is painful and is unbearable to contemplate for those overthrown, for example, for the Kuomintang reactionaries whom we are now overthrowing and for Japanese imperialism which we together with other peoples overthrew some time ago.
  5. Mandarin
    说时迟,那时快,卓灭仇的剑指再进,已到了霍天残的脸门,如非霍天残的眼眶只余下洞孔,单单这剑指发出的气劲,已足以震瞎眼珠。千钧一发之际,霍天残连人带椅躺了下来,闪开了眼前的剑指。
    説時遲,那時快,卓滅仇的劍指再進,已到了霍天殘的臉門,如非霍天殘的眼眶只餘下洞孔,單單這劍指發出的氣勁,已足以震瞎眼珠。千鈞一髮之際,霍天殘連人帶椅躺了下來,閃開了眼前的劍指。
    shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài , zhuó miè chóu de jiàn zhǐ zài jìn , yǐ dào le huò tiān cán de liǎn mén , rú fēi huò tiān cán de yǎn kuàng zhǐ yú xià dòng kǒng , dān dān zhè jiàn zhǐ fā chū de qì jìn , yǐ zú yǐ zhèn xiā yǎn zhū . qiān jūn yī fà zhī jì , huò tiān cán lián rén dài yǐ tǎng le xià lái , shǎn kāi le yǎn qián de jiàn zhǐ .
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