The word **胸前** is formed through a straightforward compound formation in Chinese, combining two meaningful characters: **胸** (xiōng), meaning "chest" or "thorax," and **前** (qián), meaning "front" or "in front of." Together, they create a noun that literally translates to "the front of the chest" or "in front of the chest," used to describe the area on or against the upper front part of the body. This follows the common Chinese syntactic pattern where a noun (**胸**) is modified by a locative noun or adjective (**前**) to specify a location or relational position.