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Chinese symbol for “prospects”

前途
qián tú
prospects; future outlook; journey

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prospects is 前途 (qián tú), defined as: prospects; future outlook; journey.

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Characters and stroke order

前 qián
in front, forward; former, preceding
radical 18 ⼑ · 9 strokes
途 tú
way, road, path, journey, course
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “prospects”

WordPinyinMeaning
前景qián jǐngforeground; vista

Related words

Other words that share a character with 前途.

WordPinyinMeaning
目前mù qiánat the present time; currently
之前zhī qiánbefore; prior to
以前yǐ qiánbefore; formerly
前往qián wǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
面前miàn qiánin front of; facing
当前 (當前)dāng qiánthe present time; to be faced with
途径 (途徑)tú jìngway; means; channel
用途yòng túuse; application

See also: Japanese symbol for “prospects”.

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.