| | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293 年) / former / formerly | HSK 1 |
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| | to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid | HSK 2 |
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| | to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash) | HSK 2 |
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| | to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward | HSK 3 |
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| | to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage | HSK 2 |
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| | to look forward to / to await / expectation | HSK 4 |
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| | to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward | HSK 3 |
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| | to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound | HSK 1 |
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| | forward / onward | HSK 5 |
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| | to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) | HSK 2 |
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| | exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam | HSK 2 |
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| | to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) | HSK 3 |
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| | to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time) | HSK 3 |
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| | to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to hope for; to look forward to | HSK 6 |
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| | a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement; a way forward / outlet (for one's products) | HSK 6 |
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| | to make progress / to do better / fig. ambitious to improve oneself / to move forwards | |
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| | to advance; to step forward | |
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| | to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4] | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to hurry forward on an expedition / to drive fast | |
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| | ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to look forward eagerly to sth / keenly desired | |
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| | outlook / prospect / to look ahead / to look forward to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | forward pass (sport) | |
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| | (coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to forward (a letter, email, package etc) | |
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| | to yearn for / to look forward to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position) | |
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| | stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill | |
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| | (literary) to go forward | |
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| | to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward | |
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| | to step in / to stride forward / to forge ahead | HSK 7-9 |
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| | top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt | |
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| | to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom) | |
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| | Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies | |
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| | right forward (soccer position) | |
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| | (sports) midfielder; (basketball) center; (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋 | |
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| | forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook | |
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| | to look forward to sth / to wait respectfully | |
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| | slash; forward slash (punctuation mark) / (neologism c. 2016) (coll.) (attributive) pursuing multiple career paths concurrently; having a portfolio career; (of a career, identity etc) multi-path; multi-hyphenate; slashie | |
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| | point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team) | |
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| | honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling | |
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| | front / front end / forward part of sth | |
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| | to propose / to put forward (an idea) / to initiate | |
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| | to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward | |
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| | vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) | |
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| | the front line / the attack (e.g. football forwards) | |
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| | surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale | |
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| | to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (literary) to move forward | |
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| | to fall forward / to fall prostrate | |
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| | facing forwards | |
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| | striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut | |
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| | to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2] | |
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| | gradual progress / to go forward one stage at a time | |
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| | lit. if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles | |
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| | to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part) | |
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| | progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly) | |
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| | farsightedness / perspicacity / prescience / forward-looking | |
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| | lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive | |
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| | study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind | |
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| | forward delivery apartment / unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame | |
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| | to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication) | |
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| | forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) | |
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| | to expect / to look forward to / anxious for sth / to hope (to get sth) | |
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| | to go straight / straight forward / fig. to do right | |
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| | to launch a satellite / (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success / (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims / to talk big | |
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| | fast-forward (media player) | |
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| | to move forward / to promote / to advance | |
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| | evolution / gradual forward progress | |
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| | to forward; to transfer; to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor | |
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| | like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom) | |
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| | to go forward together (idiom); to undertake simultaneous tasks / going hand in hand | |
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| | (in) the past / ahead; forward; in the future | |
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| | backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump) / reciprocating motion | |
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| | lit. if the mountain won't move, the road will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles | |
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| | to bound forward / to bound along | |
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| | hope / to hope / to look forward to | |
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| | to step forward bravely | |
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| | center forward (soccer position) | |
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| | forward deck (of a boat) | |
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| | forward direction / (math.) positive direction | |
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| | to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to stride forward | |
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| | left forward (soccer position) | |
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| | (idiom) to take matters into one's own hands / to go it alone / to fend for oneself / to find one's own way forward (esp. to find oneself a job) | |
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| | to look forward to | |
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| | to long for; to look forward to | |
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| | lit. on tiptoes / to look forward eagerly / to long for | |
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| | breakthrough / going beyond / leap-forward / unusual new development | |
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| | to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda | |
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| | to bend forward / to lean out | |
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| | (bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to / abbr. for 企業|企业 / Taiwan pr. [qi4] | |
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| | to lean forward | |
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| | forward gear | |
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| | lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific). / I've been looking forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. | |
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| | fast-forward | |
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