先達

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	attain; pass through; achieve attain; pass through; achieve; reach; realize; clear; inform; notify; dignity
trad. (先達)		先	達
simp. (先达)		先	达

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāndá

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ daat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāndá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siandá
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-ta²
    • Yale: syān-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiandar
    • Palladius: сяньда (sjanʹda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ daat⁶
    • Yale: sīn daaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ daat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ dad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ taːt̚²/

Noun

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1. (literary) great thinker of the past; sage

Synonyms

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• 先哲 (xiānzhé)
• 先賢／先贤 (xiānxián) (literary)
• 前賢／前贤 (qiánxián) (literary)

 

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