Chinese symbol for “precursor”
前驱
qián qū
Traditional: 前驅
precursor; pioneer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for precursor is 前驱 (qián qū), defined as: precursor; pioneer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “precursor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前体 (前體) | qián tǐ | (chemistry, biology) precursor |
| 先河 | xiān hé | source; precursor; forerunner |
| 前辈 (前輩) | qián bèi | senior; older generation |
| 前身 | qián shēn | forerunner; predecessor |
| 先声 (先聲) | xiān shēng | herald; precursor; harbinger |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 前驱.
| 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 |
| 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 “precursor”.
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.