# 超前 (chāoqián): to be ahead of one's time | HSK 7-9 Vocabulary | HSKReady

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Language: en
Content ID: hsk-7-9-5858
HSK levels: 7-9
Updated: 2026-10-23T04:48:35.840Z
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Learn 超前 (chāoqián), HSK 7-9: to be ahead of one's time; advanced; to take the lead. Hear standard pronunciation and read a Chinese example with its English meaning.

# 超前

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chāoqián

to be ahead of one's time; advanced; to take the lead

HSK 7-9

## Pronunciation

chāoqián

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## Example sentence

他的思想非常超前，在那个年代几乎没人能理解。

Tā de sīxiǎng fēicháng chāoqián, zài nàge niándài jīhū méi rén néng lǐjiě.

His ideas were remarkably ahead of their time, and almost no one in that era could understand them.

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