# 前沿 (qiányán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 前沿 (qiányán) means “forefront; cutting-edge; frontier”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: forefront; cutting-edge; frontier
- Pinyin: qiányán (qian2 yan2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他一直在研究前沿科技。
  Tā yīzhí zài yánjiū qiányán kējì.
  He has always been researching cutting-edge technology.

## Characters

- [前](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-front/) (qián): front; before
- [沿](https://hanziro.com/word/yan-along/) (yán): (preposition) along; to follow

https://hanziro.com/word/qian-yan-forefront/

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