日前

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	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
trad. (日前)		日	前
simp. #(日前)		日	前
anagram		前日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ cin⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-chêng / li̍t-chûiⁿ / ji̍t-chêng / li̍t-chiân / ji̍t-chiân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rig⁸ zoin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhcián
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: r̀-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhchyan
    • Palladius: жицянь (žicjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ cin⁴
    • Yale: yaht chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidzeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-chûiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-tsuînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidzvuii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻² t͡suĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidzeeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidcieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻² t͡siɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍t-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidcieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɛn²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rig⁸ zoin⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍k tsôiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zik̚⁴⁻² t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/

Noun

日前

1. a few days ago; the other day
2. (literary) former times; the olden days

Synonyms

• (former times):

• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
• 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往前 (wǎngqián)
• 往常 (wǎngcháng)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
• 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
• 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年／当年
• 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)