先兆

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	omen; million; million million, trillion
simp. and trad. (先兆)		先	兆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ siu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-tiǎu / sian-tiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianjhào
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chao⁴
    • Yale: syān-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjaw
    • Palladius: сяньчжао (sjanʹčžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ siu⁶
    • Yale: sīn siuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ siu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ xiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ siːu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-tiǎu
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tiǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ tiau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siendiau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²²/

Noun

先兆

1. harbinger; forewarning; omen; premonition; augury; portent
2. (medicine) aura

Synonyms

• (harbinger):

• 兆頭／兆头 (zhàotou)
• 前兆 (qiánzhào)
• 彩頭／彩头 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 徵候／征候 (zhēnghòu)
• 徵兆／征兆 (zhēngzhào)
• 徵象／征象 (zhēngxiàng)
• 朕兆 (zhènzhào) (literary)
• 節嵌／节嵌 (Loudi Xiang)
• 萌 (literary)
• 衣食 (ĭ-sĭk) (Eastern Min)
• 預兆／预兆 (yùzhào)

 

Derived terms

• 先兆子癇／先兆子痫 (xiānzhào zǐxián)