先考

Chinese

		deceased; late	old; father; ancestor
simp. and trad. (先考)		先	考

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānkǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄎㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ haau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-kháu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-khó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānkǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄎㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siankǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-kʻao³
    • Yale: syān-kǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiankao
    • Palladius: сянькао (sjanʹkao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ haau²
    • Yale: sīn háau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ haau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ hao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ haːu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-kháu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ kau`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ kau³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ kʰau̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-khó
    • Tâi-lô: sian-khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienqoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo⁵³/

Noun

先考

1. (respectful, literary) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father

Synonyms

• (literary) 亡父 (wángfù)
• (literary) 先父 (xiānfù)
• (literary) 先人 (xiānrén)

Antonyms

• 先妣 (xiānbǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	考
せん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

先(せん)考(こう) • (senkō) 

1. one's deceased father

Antonyms

• 先妣(せんぴ) (senpi): (one's) deceased mother