| 前 |
qián bí yīn | alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge |
| 前 |
qián | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |
| 鼻 |
bí | nose |
| 鼻 |
bí yīn | nasal sound |
| 音 |
yīn | sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) |