爭先

See also: 争先

Chinese

		struggle; fight	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (爭先)		爭	先
simp. (争先)		争	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ sin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chng-sian / cheng-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengsian
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: jēng-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengshian
    • Palladius: чжэнсянь (čžɛnsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ sin¹
    • Yale: jāng sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tsng-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngsiefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ siɛn³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

爭先

1. to try to be the first to do something

Synonyms

• 搶先／抢先 (qiǎngxiān)
• (Min Nan) 搶頭前／抢头前