Chinese symbol for “foreground”
前景
qián jǐng
foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective
The closest CC-CEDICT match for foreground is 前景 (qián jǐng), defined as: foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “foreground”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 前景.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before; prior to |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before; formerly |
| 前往 | qián wǎng | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to |
| 面前 | miàn qián | in front of; facing |
| 当前 (當前) | dāng qián | the present time; to be faced with |
| 背景 | bèi jǐng | background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer |
| 场景 (場景) | chǎng jǐng | scene; scenario; situation; setting |
See also: Japanese symbol for “foreground”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.