先前

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	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. (先前)		先	前
simp. #(先前)		先	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ cin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-chhièn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-chiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siancián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chʻien²
    • Yale: syān-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianchyan
    • Palladius: сяньцянь (sjanʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ cin⁴
    • Yale: sīn chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siencieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ t͡siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn¹³/

Adverb

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1. before; previously

Synonyms

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• 上早 (Hakka)
• 以前 (yǐqián)
• 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
• 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
• 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
• 原在 (Hakka)
• 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
• 嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
• 在前 (zàiqián)
• 家先 (Hakka)
• 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
• 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
• 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
• 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 早先 (zǎoxiān)
• 早年所 (Hokkien)
• 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
• 曾
• 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 過前／过前 (Hainanese)

 

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