thâu-chêng

Min Nan

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-chêng
  • Tâi-lô: thâu-tsîng
  • Phofsit Daibuun: tauzeeng
  • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
  • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

1. in front; ahead

See also

• (Mandarin) 前邊／前边 (qiánbian)

Further reading

• (Min Nan pronunciation audio) “Entry #12092”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.