先行

§Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	all right; capable; competent all right; capable; competent; OK; okay; to go; to do; to travel; temporary; to walk; to go; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (先行)		先	行

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ haang⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): siên-hàng
• Min Nan (POJ): seng-kiâⁿ / sian-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiānxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshyng
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ haang⁴
    • Yale: sīn hàahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ haang⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ hɑːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-hàng
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /ɕi̯en²⁴ haŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-kiâⁿ / sian-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: sing-kiânn / sian-hîng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã²³/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕɪŋ³⁴⁻²² kiã¹³/, /ɕiɛn³⁴⁻²² hɪŋ¹³/

§Adjective

先行

1. (Advanced Mandarin) advance; ahead of the rest

§Adverb

先行

1. in advance

§Verb

先行

1. (Advanced Mandarin) to advance; to move forward

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§Japanese

§Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
先	行
さき Grade: 1	ゆき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Native Japanese readings.

§Alternative forms

• 先行き

§Noun

先行 (hiragana さきゆき, romaji sakiyuki)

1. future, prospects
2. movement in the future of an exchange

§Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
先	行
せん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Sino-Japanese readings.

§Noun

先行 (hiragana せんこう, romaji senkō)

1. preceding
2. taking priority

§Compounds

• 先行権
• 先行詞

§Verb

先行 + する (hiragana せんこうする, romaji senkō suru)

1. go ahead of, go in front of
2. precede
3. be earlier

§Conjugation

Conjugation of "先行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	先行し	せんこうし	senkō shi
Continuative (連用形)	先行し	せんこうし	senkō shi
Terminal (終止形)	先行する	せんこうする	senkō suru
Attributive (連体形)	先行する	せんこうする	senkō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	先行すれ	せんこうすれ	senkō sure
Imperative (命令形)	先行せよ¹ 先行しろ²	せんこうせよ¹ せんこうしろ²	senkō seyo¹ senkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	先行される	せんこうされる	senkō sareru
Causative	先行させる 先行さす	せんこうさせる せんこうさす	senkō saseru senkō sasu
Potential	先行できる	せんこうできる	senkō dekiru
Volitional	先行しよう	せんこうしよう	senkō shiyō
Negative	先行しない	せんこうしない	senkō shinai
Negative continuative	先行せず	せんこうせず	senkō sezu
Formal	先行します	せんこうします	senkō shimasu
Perfective	先行した	せんこうした	senkō shita
Conjunctive	先行して	せんこうして	senkō shite
Hypothetical conditional	先行すれば	せんこうすれば	senkō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

§References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.