先聖

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage
trad. (先聖)		先	聖
simp. (先圣)		先	圣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānshèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānshèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianshèng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-shêng⁴
    • Yale: syān-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshenq
    • Palladius: сяньшэн (sjanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ sing³
    • Yale: sīn sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³/

Noun

先聖

1. (literary) ancient sage
2. (literary) Confucius

Synonyms

• (ancient sage): 古聖／古圣 (gǔshèng)
• (Confucius):

• 仲尼 (Zhòngní)
• 先師／先师 (xiānshī)
• 夫子 (fūzǐ)
• 孔 (kǒng)
• 孔丘 (Kǒng Qiū)
• 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ)
• 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ)
• 孔子公 (Hokkien)
• 素王 (sùwáng)