Chinese symbol for “unprecedented”
前所未有
qián suǒ wèi yǒu
(idiom) unprecedented
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unprecedented is 前所未有 (qián suǒ wèi yǒu), defined as: (idiom) unprecedented.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unprecedented”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空前 | kōng qián | unprecedented |
| 破天荒 | pò tiān huāng | unprecedented; for the first time |
| 前所未见 (前所未見) | qián suǒ wèi jiàn | unprecedented; never seen before |
| 前无古人 (前無古人) | qián wú gǔ rén | (idiom) unprecedented; unheard of |
| 亘古未有 (亙古未有) | gèn gǔ wèi yǒu | unprecedented; never seen since ancient times |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 前所未有.
| 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 |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 未来 (未來) | wèi lái | future; tomorrow |
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unprecedented”.
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.