前世

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (前世)		前	世
simp. #(前世)		前	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ sai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-se / chhièn-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-sì / chûiⁿ--sì / chiân-sì / chân-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-shih⁴
    • Yale: chyán-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshyh
    • Palladius: цяньши (cjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ sai³
    • Yale: chìhn sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-se
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ se
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² se⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ se⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-sì
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ si²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ--sì
    • Tâi-lô: tsuînn--sì
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-sì
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciensix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² si²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ si²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² si²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-sì
    • Tâi-lô: tsân-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zansix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san¹³⁻²² si²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 前世

1. previous life; past life; past existence

Synonyms

• 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
• (Min Nan) 前世人, 頂世／顶世, 頂世人／顶世人

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	世
ぜん Grade: 2	せ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

前(ぜん)世(せ) • (zense) 

1. previous life; past life; past existence