事先

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (事先)		事	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ sin¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-siên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-sian / sū-sian / sīr-suiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhsian
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-hsien¹
    • Yale: shr̀-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshian
    • Palladius: шисянь (šisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ sin¹
    • Yale: sih sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² siːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-siên
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii xien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ xian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-sian
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-sian
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² siɛn³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-sian
    • Tâi-lô: sū-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxsiefn
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-suiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-suinn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² suĩ³³/

Adverb

事先

1. beforehand; in advance; prior

   竊賊事先擋住了監控。 [MSC, trad.]
   窃贼事先挡住了监控。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qièzéi shìxiān dǎngzhù le jiānkòng. [Pinyin]

   The thief covered the security camera in advance.

Synonyms

• 事前 (shìqián)
• 提前 (tíqián)
• 預先／预先 (yùxiān)
• 頭裡／头里 (tóuli) (colloquial)