前線

See also: 前线

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	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (前線/前綫)		前	線/綫
simp. (前线)		前	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-sien
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-sòaⁿ / chûiⁿ-sòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ suan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: chyán-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshiann
    • Palladius: цяньсянь (cjanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ sin³
    • Yale: chìhn sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciensvoax
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ suã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuînn-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvuisvoax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suĩ²⁴⁻²² suã⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoin⁵ suan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ suàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã²¹³/

Noun

前線

1. (military) frontline

   你認為應該允許婦女在前線戰鬥嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你认为应该允许妇女在前线战斗吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ rènwéi yīnggāi yǔnxǔ fùnǚ zài qiánxiàn zhàndòu ma? [Pinyin]

   Do you think women should be allowed to fight in the front line?

Synonyms

• 前方 (qiánfāng)

See also

• 支前 (zhīqián)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	線
ぜん Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんせん [zèńséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)線(せん) • (zensen) ^{←ぜんせん (zensen)?}

1. frontline of a warzone
2. frontline of activity, the most outward area of development
3. (meteorology) atmospheric front

Derived terms

• 桜前線(さくらぜんせん) (sakura-zensen)