優先

See also: 优先

Chinese

		excellent; superior	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (優先)		優	先
simp. (优先)		优	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ sin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-siên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iu-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yousian
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: yōu-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioushian
    • Palladius: юсянь (jusjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ sin¹
    • Yale: yāu sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-siên
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu^ˊ xien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ xian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-siên
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu^ˊ xien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ xian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-sian
    • Tâi-lô: iu-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iusiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

優先

1. to have priority; to take precedence

   優先目標／优先目标  ―  yōuxiān mùbiāo  ―  priority

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
優	先
ゆう Grade: 6	せん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうせん [yùúséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

優(ゆう)先(せん) • (yūsen) 

1. priority

Antonyms

• 劣後(れつご) (retsugo, “posteriority”)

Verb

優(ゆう)先(せん)する • (yūsen suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 優(ゆう)先(せん)し (yūsen shi), past 優(ゆう)先(せん)した (yūsen shita))

1. take priority

Conjugation

Conjugation of "優先する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	優先し	ゆうせんし	yūsen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	優先し	ゆうせんし	yūsen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	優先する	ゆうせんする	yūsen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	優先する	ゆうせんする	yūsen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	優先すれ	ゆうせんすれ	yūsen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	優先せよ¹ 優先しろ²	ゆうせんせよ¹ ゆうせんしろ²	yūsen seyo¹ yūsen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	優先される	ゆうせんされる	yūsen sareru
Causative	優先させる 優先さす	ゆうせんさせる ゆうせんさす	yūsen saseru yūsen sasu
Potential	優先できる	ゆうせんできる	yūsen dekiru
Volitional	優先しよう	ゆうせんしよう	yūsen shiyō
Negative	優先しない	ゆうせんしない	yūsen shinai
Negative continuative	優先せず	ゆうせんせず	yūsen sezu
Formal	優先します	ゆうせんします	yūsen shimasu
Perfective	優先した	ゆうせんした	yūsen shita
Conjunctive	優先して	ゆうせんして	yūsen shite
Hypothetical conditional	優先すれば	ゆうせんすれば	yūsen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
優	先

Noun

優先 • (useon) (hangeul 우선)

1. hanja form^? of 우선 (“priority”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
優	先

Adjective

優先

1. chữ Hán form of ưu tiên (“prioritised; preferred”).

Verb

優先

1. chữ Hán form of ưu tiên (“to prioritize”).