Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 抢先

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
抢先 qiǎng xiān - to rush (to do sth urgent)
- to try to be the first
- to forestall

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 12,668 12,067 9,381

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qiāng- (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)
- opposite in direction; contrary
qiǎng- to fight over
- to rush
- to scramble
- to grab
- to rob
- to snatch
xiān- beforehand; first; earlier
- at first; originally
- for the time being; for now
- (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

Other Words Containing 抢先

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
抢先 - - 12,668 12,067 9,381