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前途

qián tú

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

前途 (qián tú) means "prospects (personal future outlook)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 前途 means

1. prospects
2. future outlook
3. journey

The characters in 前途

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 途túway; route; road

Example sentences

• 前途一片阴暗。
  Qiántú yī piàn yīn'àn.
  The future looked very gloomy.
• 你会前途无量的。
  Your future is bright.
• 我为我前途奋斗。
  I am fighting for my future.
• 这个男孩很有前途。
  The boy is full of promise.
• 汤姆前途无可限量。
  Tom has a brilliant future.
• 这份工作没有前途。
  This is a dead-end job.

Words starting with 前途

• 前途无量qián tú wú liàngto have boundless prospects
• 前途未卜qián tú wèi bǔhanging in the balance; the future is hard to forecast; ¿Qué serà?
• 前途渺茫qián tú miǎo mángnot knowing what to do next; at a loose end

Words containing 前途

• 经济前途jīng jì qián túeconomic future; economic outlook

Where 前途 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Leading, Signing & Future Prospects (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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