生前

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	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. (生前)		生	前
simp. #(生前)		生	前
anagram		前生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ cin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-chhièn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-chiân / seng-chiân / sng-chûiⁿ / siⁿ-chêng / seⁿ-chêng / seng-chêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengcián
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻien²
    • Yale: shēng-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchyan
    • Palladius: шэнцянь (šɛncjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ cin⁴
    • Yale: sāang chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen´ qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: sng-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngcieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ t͡siɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: sing-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengcieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-chûiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sng-tsuînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngzvuii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ t͡suĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svizeeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: senn-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svezeeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: sing-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengzeeng
    • IPA (Singapore): /seŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡seŋ²⁴/

Noun

生前

1. during one's lifetime (of the deceased); while still alive

Adjective

生前

1. (attributive) prenatal

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	前
せい Grade: 1	ぜん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

生(せい)前(ぜん) • (seizen) 

1. during one's lifetime, while still alive