先王

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	king; Wang (proper name)
simp. and trad. (先王)		先	王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-vòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianwáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-wang²
    • Yale: syān-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianwang
    • Palladius: сяньван (sjanʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ wong⁴
    • Yale: sīn wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ vong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ voŋ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sen hjwang

Rime
Character	先	王
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	蘇前切	雨方切
Baxter	sen	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sen/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/sen/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛn/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛn/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/sen/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/sien/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/sien/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin1	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤər  ɢʷaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːn  ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	先	王
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiān	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ sen ›	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*sˁər/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	first	king
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	先	王
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	13458	12742
Phonetic component	先	王
Rime group	文	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	先	王
Old Chinese	/*sɯːn/	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Noun

先王

1. (literary or historical) the ancient kings
2. (literary or historical) previous king; deceased king

Synonyms

• (the ancient kings): 故君 (gùjūn)
• (previous king): 故君 (gùjūn)