# 超前 (chāoqián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 超前 (chāoqián) means “to be ahead of time; advanced”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be ahead of time; advanced
- Pinyin: chāoqián (chao1 qian2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他的设计理念非常超前。
  Tā de shèjì lǐniàn fēicháng chāoqián.
  His design philosophy is very ahead of its time.

## Characters

- [超](https://hanziro.com/word/chao-exceed/) (chāo): to exceed; to overtake
- [前](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-front/) (qián): front; before

https://hanziro.com/word/chao-qian-be-ahead-time/

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