前夕

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	dusk; evening
trad. (前夕)		前	夕
simp. #(前夕)		前	夕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánxī, qiánxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ zik⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-si̍t / chiân-se̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánsi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hsi¹
    • Yale: chyán-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshi
    • Palladius: цяньси (cjanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánsì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hsi⁴
    • Yale: chyán-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshih
    • Palladius: цяньси (cjanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ zik⁶
    • Yale: chìhn jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciensit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciensek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoin⁵ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/

Noun

前夕

1. eve; the night before
2. the period of time immediately before an event; eve (of an event)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	夕
ぜん Grade: 2	せき Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

前(ぜん)夕(せき) • (zenseki) 

1. the previous night; last night