Chinese symbol for “pioneer”
先驱
xiān qū
Traditional: 先驅
to pioneer; pioneer; trailblazer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pioneer is 先驱 (xiān qū), defined as: to pioneer; pioneer; trailblazer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pioneer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开拓者 (開拓者) | kāi tuò zhě | pioneer |
| 先驱者 (先驅者) | xiān qū zhě | pioneer; trailblazer |
| 先锋 (先鋒) | xiān fēng | vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde |
| 拓荒者 | tuò huāng zhě | pioneer; groundbreaker |
| 首创 (首創) | shǒu chuàng | to originate; to pioneer; to invent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 先驱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 先后 (先後) | xiān hòu | early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another |
| 优先 (優先) | yōu xiān | to have priority; to take precedence |
| 领先 (領先) | lǐng xiān | to lead; to be in front |
| 驱动 (驅動) | qū dòng | to drive; to propel |
| 驱逐 (驅逐) | qū zhú | to expel; to deport |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pioneer”.
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.