| 前身 | qián shēn | forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front |   |
| 先导 | xiān dǎo | guide / forerunner / pioneer | |
| 先行者 | xiān xíng zhě | forerunner | |
| 中国航天工业公司 | Zhōng guó Háng tiān Gōng yè Gōng sī | China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) 中國航天科技集團公司|中国航天科技集团公司 | |
| 孙坚 | Sūn Jiān | Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms | |
| 辅仁大学 | Fǔ rén Dà xué | Fu Jen Catholic University of Peking (from 1925), forerunner of Beijing Normal University 北京師範大學|北京师范大学 / Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei City, Taiwan | |
| 契卡 | qì kǎ | Cheka, a Soviet secret police agency, forerunner of the KGB | |
