先君

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
simp. and trad. (先君)		先	君

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianjyun
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chün¹
    • Yale: syān-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjiun
    • Palladius: сяньцзюнь (sjanʹczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ gwan¹
    • Yale: sīn gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

先君

1. (literary) one's deceased father
2. (literary) previous ruler
3. (literary) ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor

Synonyms

• (ancestors):

• 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
• 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
• 先人 (xiānrén)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
• 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
• 公婆 (Hokkien)
• 公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
• 早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
• 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
• 祖上 (zǔshàng)
• 祖先 (zǔxiān)
• 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
• 老祖宗
• 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	君
せん Grade: 1	くん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

先(せん)君(くん) • (senkun) 

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