空前

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	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. (空前)		空	前
simp. #(空前)		空	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ cin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khong-chiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongcián
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chʻien²
    • Yale: kūng-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongchyan
    • Palladius: кунцянь (kuncjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ cin⁴
    • Yale: hūng chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: khong-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qongcieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ t͡siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²³/

Adjective

空前

1. unprecedented; as never before

   影響空前／影响空前  ―  yǐngxiǎng kōngqián  ―  unprecedented impact

   規模空前／规模空前  ―  guīmó kōngqián  ―  unprecedented scale

   • 這個戰爭，在東方歷史上是空前的，在世界歷史上也將是偉大的，全世界人民都關心這個戰爭。 [MSC, trad.]
     这个战争，在东方历史上是空前的，在世界历史上也将是伟大的，全世界人民都关心这个战争。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhège zhànzhēng, zài dōngfāng lìshǐ shàng shì kōngqián de, zài shìjiè lìshǐ shàng yě jiāng shì wěidà de, quánshìjiè rénmín dōu guānxīn zhège zhànzhēng. [Pinyin]

     The people of the whole world are attentively following this war, which has no precedent in the history of the East, and which will go down as a great war in world history too.

Derived terms

• 盛況空前／盛况空前
• 空前未有 (kōngqiánwèiyǒu)
• 空前盛況／空前盛况
• 空前絕後／空前绝后 (kōngqiánjuéhòu)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	前
くう Grade: 1	ぜん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

空(くう)前(ぜん) • (kūzen) 

1. being unprecedented

   日本犯罪史上(にほんはんざいしじょう)空前(くうぜん)の惨劇(さんげき)

   Nihon hanzai shijō kūzen no sangeki

   a tragedy unprecedented in the history of crime in Japan

Synonyms

• 未曽有(みぞう) (mizou)
• 前例(ぜんれい)がない (zenrei ga nai)

Derived terms

• 空前絶後(くうぜんぜつご) (kūzenzetsugo)