| 先锋 | xiān fēng | vanguard / pioneer / avant-garde |   |
| 先驱 | xiān qū | pioneer | |
| 先导 | xiān dǎo | guide / forerunner / pioneer | |
| 开拓者 | kāi tuò zhě | pioneer | |
| 倡导者 | chàng dǎo zhě | proponent / advocate / pioneer | |
| 前驱 | qián qū | precursor / pioneer | |
| 急先锋 | jí xiān fēng | daring vanguard / pioneer / leading figure | |
| 先驱者 | xiān qū zhě | pioneer | |
| 奠基人 | diàn jī rén | founder / pioneer | |
| 拓荒者 | tuò huāng zhě | pioneer / groundbreaker | |
| 开路先锋 | kāi lù xiān fēng | pioneer / trailbreaker | |
| 奠基者 | diàn jī zhě | founder / pioneer | |
| 敢为人先 | gǎn wéi rén xiān | to dare to be first / to pioneer (idiom) | |
| 挑头 | tiǎo tóu | to take the lead / to be first to (do sth) / to pioneer | |
| 提倡者 | tí chàng zhě | proponent / advocate / pioneer | |
| 开辟者 | kāi pì zhě | pioneer / groundbreaker | |
| 夏衍 | Xià Yǎn | Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer | |
| 波义耳 | Bō yì ěr | Boyle (name) / Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist | |
| 韦利 | Wéi lì | Waley or Whaley (name) / Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist | |
| 赵忠尧 | Zhào Zhōng yáo | Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist | |
| 叁浦·梅园 | | MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原 | |
| 卡文迪什 | Kǎ wén dí shí | Cavendish (name) / Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English nobleman and pioneer experimental scientist | |
| 和达·清夫 | | Wadati Kiyoō / (1902-1995), pioneer Japanese seismologist | |
| 曾孝谷 | Zēng Xiào gǔ | Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style | |
| 曾纪泽 | Zēng Jì zé | Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia | |
| 本茨 | Běn cí | Benz (name) / Karl Benz (1844-1929), motor car pioneer | |
| 穆通 | Mù tōng | Mouton (name) / Gabriel Mouton (1618-1694), French clergyman and scientist, pioneer of the metric system | |
| 邵飄萍 | shào piāo píng | Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖|张作霖 | |
| 郭永怀 | Guō Yǒng huái | Guo Yonghuai (1909-1968), Chinese aviation pioneer | |
| 开疆 | kāi jiāng | to pioneer a frontier area / to open up new territory | |
| 亚当·斯密 | yà dāng · sī mì | Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish ethical philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论 | |
| 先驱物种 | | pioneer species | |
| 先锋物种 | | pioneer species | |
| 开辟活动 | kāi pì huó dòng | pioneer activities | |
| 东京新老技术相结合创始项目讲习班 | | Tokyo Workshop on Pioneer Projects on the Integration of Emerging and Traditional Technologies | |
| 先驱投资者 | xiān qū tóu zī zhě | pioneer investor | |
| 先锋耕作制度 | xiān fēng gēng zuò zhì duó | pioneer cultivation system | |
| 轻工兵队 | | pioneer unit | |
| 突击轻工兵排 | | assault pioneer platoon / pioneer assault platoon | |
| 何塞·马蒂少先队组织 | | José Martí Pioneer Organization | |
| 先驱投资者区域 | | pioneer investor area / pioneer area | |
| 三浦梅园 | Sān pǔ Méi yuán | MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原[Jia4 yuan2] | |
| 和达・清夫 | Hé dá · Qīng fū | Wadati Kiyoō / (1902-1995), pioneer Japanese seismologist | |
| 邵飘萍 | Shào Piāo píng | Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖|张作霖 | |
| 亚当・斯密 | Yà dāng · Sī mì | Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish ethical philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论 | |
| 和达清夫 | Hé dá Qīng fū | Wadati Kiyoō / (1902-1995), pioneer Japanese seismologist | |
