事前

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	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. (事前)		事	前
simp. #(事前)		事	前
anagram		前事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ cin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-chhièn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-chiân / sū-chiân / sīr-chûiⁿ / sū-chêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhcián
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: shr̀-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhchyan
    • Palladius: шицянь (šicjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ cin⁴
    • Yale: sih chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-tsiân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: sū-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxcieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chûiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-tsuînn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡suĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: sū-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxzeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 事前

1. prior

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 事前

1. in advance; beforehand

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 事先 (shìxiān)
• 提前 (tíqián)
• 預先／预先 (yùxiān)
• 頭裡／头里 (tóuli) (colloquial)

 

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	前
じ Grade: 3	ぜん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

事(じ)前(ぜん) • (jizen) 

1. prior; beforehand

   事前(じぜん)の相談(そうだん)がなかった。

   Jizen no sōdan ga nakatta.

   There was no discussion before the incident.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
事	前

Noun

事前 • (sajeon) (hangeul 사전)

1. Hanja form^? of 사전 (“beforehand”).