前人

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	man; person; people
trad. (前人)		前	人
simp. #(前人)		前	人
alternative forms		前儂／前侬 (chêng-lâng; chûiⁿ-) Min Nan
anagram		人前

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-lîn / chiân-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánrén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-jên²
    • Yale: chyán-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanren
    • Palladius: цяньжэнь (cjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: chìhn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienliin
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 前人

1. the ancients; people from ancient times; forefathers
2. predecessor
3. the person referred to above
4. the person facing one

Synonyms

• (the ancients): 古人 (gǔrén), 先人 (xiānrén)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-lâng / chûiⁿ-lâng / chân-lâng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zenglaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuînn-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvuilaang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suĩ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsân-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zanlaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 前人

1. (Southern Min) former wife

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 前某

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	人
ぜん Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

前(ぜん)人(じん) • (zenjin) 

1. predecessor
2. former people