提前 tí qián to shift to an earlier dateto do sth ahead of timein advance Example sentences 你要记得提前把东西收好。 nǐ yào jìde tíqián bǎ dōngxi shōu hǎo. Remember to tidy up your stuff in advance 你应该提前准备考试。 nǐ yīnggāi tíqián zhǔnbèi kǎoshì. You should prepare ahead of time for the test 有约会的时候,我习惯提前十分钟到。 yǒu yuē huì de shíhou, wǒ xí guàn tí qián shí fēnzhōng dào. I'm used to arriving ten minutes early when I have a date 我想把下个星期的活动提前到星期五。 wǒ xiǎng bǎ xiàgè xīngqī de huódòng tíqián dào xīngqī wǔ. I want to move the activity from next Monday to Friday