其先

Chinese

		his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (其先)		其	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ sin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: císian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-hsien¹
    • Yale: chí-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyishian
    • Palladius: цисянь (cisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ sin¹
    • Yale: kèih sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/

Adverb

其先

1. (literary) previously; in the past; before

Synonyms

• 上早 (Hakka)
• 以前 (yǐqián)
• 先前 (xiānqián)
• 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
• 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
• 原在 (Hakka)
• 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
• 嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
• 在前 (zàiqián)
• 家先 (Hakka)
• 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
• 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
• 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
• 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 早先 (zǎoxiān)
• 早年所 (Hokkien)
• 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
• 曾
• 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 過前／过前 (Hainanese)