前者

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	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
trad. (前者)		前	者
simp. #(前者)		前	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ ze²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-chiá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ zia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánjhě
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-chê³
    • Yale: chyán-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanjee
    • Palladius: цяньчжэ (cjanʹčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ ze²
    • Yale: chìhn jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengciar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoin⁵ zia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ tsiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵²/

Adverb

前者

1. (literary) previously

Noun

前者

1. the former (as opposed to the latter)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	者
ぜん Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
前者 (kyūjitai)

Noun

前(ぜん)者(しゃ) • (zensha) 

1. the former

Antonyms

• 後者(こうしゃ) (kōsha)

Korean

Hanja in this term
前	者

Noun

前者 • (jeonja) (hangeul 전자)

1. hanja form^? of 전자 (“the former”)