早先

Chinese

		early; morning	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (早先)		早	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎoxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² sin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chó-siên

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎosian
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-hsien¹
    • Yale: dzǎu-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoshian
    • Palladius: цзаосянь (czaosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou² sin¹
    • Yale: jóu sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 早先 祖先

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-siên
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo` xien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo³ xian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ si̯en²⁴/

Noun

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1. the past

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 早先

1. previously; in the past; before

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 在前 (zàiqián)
• 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)

 

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