先達

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāndá

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ daat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāndá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siandá
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-ta²
    • Yale: syān-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiandar
    • Palladius: сяньда (sjanʹda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ daat⁶
    • Yale: sīn daaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ daat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ dad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ taːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: sen dat

Rime
Character	先	達
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	蘇前切	唐割切
Baxter	sen	dat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sen/	/dɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sen/	/dɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛn/	/dɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛn/	/dat̚/
Li Rong	/sen/	/dɑt̚/
Wang Li	/sien/	/dɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/sien/	/dʱɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	dá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin1	daat6

Etymology 1

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	attain; pass through; achieve attain; pass through; achieve; reach; realize; clear; inform; notify; dignity
trad. (先達)		先	達
simp. (先达)		先	达

Noun

先達

1. (literary) great thinker of the past; sage

Synonyms

• 先哲 (xiānzhé)
• 先賢／先贤 (xiānxián) (literary)
• 前賢／前贤 (qiánxián) (literary)

 

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (先達)		先	達
simp. (先达)		先	达

From Indonesian Siantar, from Pematangsiantar.

Proper noun

先達

2. (～市) Pematangsiantar (a city in North Sumatra, Indonesia)

Derived terms

• 先達國語／先达国语 (Xiāndá guóyǔ)