先見之明

See also: 先见之明

Chinese

		foresight; prescience; foreknowledge foresight; prescience; foreknowledge; forethought; prophetic vision	's; him/her/it; this	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (先見之明)		先見	之	明
simp. (先见之明)		先见	之	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānjiànzhīmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ gin³ zi¹ ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-kiàn-chi-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānjiànzhīmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianjiànjhihmíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chien⁴-chih¹-ming²
    • Yale: syān-jyàn-jr̄-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjiannjyming
    • Palladius: сяньцзяньчжимин (sjanʹczjanʹčžimin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ gin³ zi¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: sīn gin jī mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ gin³ dzi¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ gin³ ji¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ kiːn³³ t͡siː⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-kiàn-chi-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: sian-kiàn-tsi-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienkiernci'beeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 先見之明

1. prophetic vision; foresight; being ahead of one's time