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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 前沿

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
前沿 qián yán - (military) forward position
- frontier; cutting-edge; forefront

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 19,348 8,526 18,012

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
前 qián- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly
沿 yán- along
- to follow (a line, tradition etc)
- to carry on
- to trim (a border with braid, tape etc)
- border
- edge

Other Words Containing 前沿

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
前沿 - 9 19,348 8,526 18,012