Chinese symbol for “forestall”
抢先
qiǎng xiān
Traditional: 搶先
to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forestall is 抢先 (qiǎng xiān), defined as: to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “forestall”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抢先.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抢劫 (搶劫) | qiǎng jié | to rob; looting |
| 抢救 (搶救) | qiǎng jiù | to rescue |
| 抢夺 (搶奪) | qiǎng duó | to plunder; to pillage |
| 抢走 (搶走) | qiǎng zǒu | to snatch (esp related to a robbery) |
| 抢购 (搶購) | qiǎng gòu | to buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc) |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first of all; in the first place |
| 先进 (先進) | xiān jìn | sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forestall”.
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.