前兆

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	omen; million; million million, trillion
simp. and trad. (前兆)		前	兆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ siu⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chiân-tiǎu / chiân-tiāu / chêng-tiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: qiánzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanjaw
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 前兆 前趙／前赵

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ siu⁶
    • Yale: chìhn siuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ siu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ xiu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ siːu̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-tiǎu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-tiǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² tiaʊ²²/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciendiau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² tiaʊ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn²³⁻³³ tiaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² tiaʊ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tiaʊ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengdiau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ tiaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiaʊ³³/

Noun

前兆

1. harbinger; forewarning; omen; premonition; augury; portent

Synonyms

• 先兆 (xiānzhào)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	兆
ぜん Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

前兆 (hiragana ぜんちょう, rōmaji zenchō)

1. harbinger, omen, premonitory sign

Synonyms

• 兆 (きざ)し (kizashi)
• 予 (よ)兆 (ちょう) (yochō)
• 前触 (まえぶ)れ (maebure)