先決

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine
trad. (先決)		先	決
simp. (先决)		先	决

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ kyut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-koat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianjyué
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chüeh²
    • Yale: syān-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjyue
    • Palladius: сяньцзюэ (sjanʹczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ kyut³
    • Yale: sīn kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ kʰyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-koat
    • Tâi-lô: sian-kuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienkoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ kuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kuat̚³²/

Adjective

先決

1. (attributive) prerequisite; necessary

Derived terms

• 先決問題／先决问题
• 先決條件／先决条件 (xiānjué tiáojiàn)