前例

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	example; precedent; rule example; precedent; rule; case; instance
trad. (前例)		前	例
simp. #(前例)		前	例

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-lē / chiân-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánlì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-li⁴
    • Yale: chyán-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanlih
    • Palladius: цяньли (cjanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ lai⁶
    • Yale: chìhn laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ lɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-lē
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienle
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² le²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ le³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ le³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² le⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienli
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² li²²/

Noun

前例

1. precedent

Synonyms

• 例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 先例 (xiānlì)
• 判例 (pànlì) (law)
• 判決先例／判决先例 (pànjué xiānlì) (law)
• 成例 (chénglì)

 

Derived terms

• 史無前例／史无前例 (shǐwúqiánlì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	例
ぜん Grade: 2	れい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞nɾe̞ː]

Noun

前(ぜん)例(れい) • (zenrei) 

1. precedent

Synonyms

• 先例(せんれい) (senrei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
前	例

Noun

前例 • (jeollye) (hangeul 전례)

1. Hanja form^? of 전례 (“precedent”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
前	例

Noun

前例

1. chữ Hán form of tiền lệ (“precedent”).