先後

See also: 先后

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (先後)		先	後
simp. (先后)		先	后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ hau⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sian-hiǒ / sian-hō͘ / suiⁿ-ǎu / seng-āu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): soin¹ ao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianhòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-hou⁴
    • Yale: syān-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianhow
    • Palladius: сяньхоу (sjanʹxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ hau⁶
    • Yale: sīn hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hiǒ
    • Tâi-lô: sian-hiǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ hio²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sian-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienho
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: suiⁿ-ǎu
    • Tâi-lô: suinn-ǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suĩ³³ au²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-āu
    • Tâi-lô: sing-āu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seng'au
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² au²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: soin¹ ao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: soiⁿ ău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sõĩ³³⁻²³ au³⁵/

Adverb

先後

1. continuously; one after another; bit by bit; in turn; successively; in succession

Synonyms

• 一連／一连 (yīlián)
• 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
• 前後／前后 (qiánhòu)
• 勿斷／勿断 (⁵veq-doe) (Wu)
• 接連／接连 (jiēlián)
• 接連不斷／接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
• 沓沓 (Hokkien)
• 相繼／相继 (xiāngjì)
• 紛紛／纷纷 (fēnfēn)
• 絡繹／络绎 (luòyì) (literary)
• 連／连
• 連紲／连绁 (Hokkien)
• 連續／连续 (liánxù)
• 連連／连连 (liánlián)
• 陸續／陆续 (lùxù)
• 陸陸續續／陆陆续续 (lùlùxùxù)