先锋

先鋒
xiānfēng
noun HSK 6 #14,796

Meanings

  1. 1 vanguard
  2. 2 pioneer
  3. 3 avant-garde

Examples

Tā shì zhège lǐngyù de xiānfēng rénwù.
He is a pioneering figure in this field.
Xiānfēngduì chōng zài zuì qiánmiàn.
The vanguard charged at the very front.
Zhè shì yī bù xiānfēng diànyǐng.
This is an avant-garde film.

Tips

culture
少年先锋 (Shàonián Xiānfēng Duì) = the Young Pioneers, a Chinese youth organization that almost all schoolchildren join.
usage
先锋 (xiānfēngduì) = vanguard unit, 先锋 (xiānfēngpài) = avant-garde movement.

Stroke Order

xiān
fēng