在前

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	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
trad. (在前)		在	前
simp. #(在前)		在	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàiqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ cin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàiqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàicián
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: dzài-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaychyan
    • Palladius: цзайцянь (czajcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶ cin⁴
    • Yale: joih chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Adverb

在前

1. previously; formerly; once upon a time; in the past

Synonyms

• 上早 (Hakka)
• 以前 (yǐqián)
• 先前 (xiānqián)
• 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
• 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
• 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
• 原在 (Hakka)
• 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
• 嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
• 家先 (Hakka)
• 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
• 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
• 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
• 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 早先 (zǎoxiān)
• 早年所 (Hokkien)
• 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
• 曾
• 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 過前／过前 (Hainanese)