Chinese
前途
/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
prospects (of a person, project, etc.); promise; future; outlook
- HSK 4
- TOCFL 6
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Origin
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Lineage
- characterChinese前 “front; forepart”
- ideaChinese止 “foot”
- ideaChinese舟 “boat (Classifier: 葉／叶; 艘; 條／条; 隻／只)”
- characterChinese途 “way; path; road”
- meaningChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
- ideaChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
- soundChinese余 “I; me”
- meaningChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
Sources
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Written form — n/a
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0