先哲

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	philosophy; wise
simp. and trad. (先哲)		先	哲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-tiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianjhé
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chê²
    • Yale: syān-jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjer
    • Palladius: сяньчжэ (sjanʹčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ zit³
    • Yale: sīn jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-tiat
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siendiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ tiɛt̚⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 先哲

1. great thinker of the past; sage

Synonyms

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• 先賢／先贤 (xiānxián) (literary)
• 先達／先达 (xiāndá) (literary)
• 前賢／前贤 (qiánxián) (literary)

 

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