HSK 5 · Ideas

前途 qiántú “prospects” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 前途 means

  1. prospects
  2. future outlook
  3. journey

How to say 前途

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale前qián2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale途tú2nd tone, rising

前途 in a sentence

  1. 他是一位有前途的学生。

    Tā shì yí wèi yǒu qiántú de xuésheng.

    He is a promising student.

    Sentence #1565682 from Tatoeba

  2. 这个男孩很有前途。

    Zhè ge nánhái hěn yǒu qiántú.

    This boy has a bright future.

    Sentence #1358585 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他将要负责一个关系公司前途的项目。

    Tā jiāngyào fùzé yí ge guānxi gōngsī qiántú de xiàngmù.

    He is going to be in charge of a project that affects the company’s future.

    Sentence #2915550 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 前途 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 前 (qián) with each of its parts in a different colour
前qiánfront
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī
  • 刖cutting off the feet as a form of punishment · yuè
The character 途 (tú) with each of its parts in a different colour
途túway
  • 余surplus · yúSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 余 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with tú.

How to write 前途

前 9 strokes · 途 10 strokes

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前途 (qiántú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 前途 (qiántú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 前途

Words with 前

前qián · front前面qiánmiàn · front以前yǐqián · before面前miànqián · in front of前天qiántiān · the day before yesterday前年qiánnián · the year before last提前tíqián · to bring forward之前zhīqián · before从前cóngqián · previously目前mùqián · at the present time

Words with 途

长途chángtú · long distance用途yòngtú · use途径tújìng · way半途而废bàntú'érfèi · to give up halfway

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FAQs

前途 (qiántú) means “prospects” or “future outlook”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qiántú: qián with a 2nd tone, then tú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 前途 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiantu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 前途 from the suggestions. Typing qiantu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
前途 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.