先是

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (先是)		先	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: syān-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshyh
    • Palladius: сяньши (sjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 仙逝 先世 先是

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹ si⁶
    • Yale: sī sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 司事 施事 私事

Conjunction

1. (literary) previous to now