先發制人

See also: 先发制人

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	system; to make; to manufacture system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate	man; person; people
trad. (先發制人)		先	發	制	人
simp. (先发制人)		先	发	制	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānfāzhìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄚ ㄓˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ faat³ zai³ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānfāzhìrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄚ ㄓˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianfajhìhrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-fa¹-chih⁴-jên²
    • Yale: syān-fā-jr̀-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianfajyhren
    • Palladius: сяньфачжижэнь (sjanʹfačžižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ faat³ zai³ jan⁴
    • Yale: sīn faat jai yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ faat⁸ dzai³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ fad³ zei³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sɐi̯³³ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 先發制人

1. to take the initiative to subdue the enemy; to take preemptive measures