先例

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	example; precedent; rule example; precedent; rule; case; instance
trad. (先例)		先	例
simp. #(先例)		先	例

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-lē / sian-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianlì
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-li⁴
    • Yale: syān-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianlih
    • Palladius: сяньли (sjanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 先例 暹粒 鮮麗 / 鲜丽

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin¹ lai⁶
    • Yale: sīn laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 先例 鮮麗 / 鲜丽

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lē
    • Tâi-lô: sian-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienle
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ le⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lī
    • Tâi-lô: sian-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienli
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/

Noun

先例

1. precedent

Synonyms

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• 例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 判例 (pànlì) (law)
• 判決先例 / 判决先例 (pànjué xiānlì) (law)
• 前例 (qiánlì)
• 成例 (chénglì)

Derived terms

• 不乏先例 (bùfáxiānlì)
• 判決先例 / 判决先例 (pànjué xiānlì)
• 遵循先例 (zūnxún xiānlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	例
せん Grade: 1	れい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞n̺ɾe̞ː]
• (Tokyo) せんれー [sèńréé] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

先(せん)例(れい) • (senrei) 

1. precedent

   ほぼ同(どう)等(とう)のものとして先(せん)例(れい)を扱(あつか)います。

   Hobo dōtō no mono to shite senrei o atsukaimasu.

   It uses something nearly identical as a precedent.

References

• “先例”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026