先例

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	example; precedent; rule example; precedent; rule; case; instance
trad. (先例)		先	例
simp. ^#(先例)		先	例

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānlì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ lai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-lē / sian-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianlì
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-li⁴
  - Yale: syān-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianlih
  - Palladius: сяньли (sjanʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    先例
    暹粒
    鮮麗 / 鲜丽
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sin¹ lai⁶
  - Yale: sīn laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    先例
    鮮麗 / 鲜丽
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lē
  - Tâi-lô: sian-lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienle
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lī
  - Tâi-lô: sian-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienli
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/

Noun

先例

precedent

Synonyms

例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
判例 (pànlì) (law)
判決先例 / 判决先例 (pànjué xiānlì) (law)
前例 (qiánlì)
成例 (chénglì)

Derived terms

不乏先例 (bùfáxiānlì)
判決先例 / 判决先例 (pànjué xiānlì)
遵循先例 (zūnxún xiānlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	例
せん Grade: 1	れい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんれー [sèńréé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞n̺ɾe̞ː]

Noun

先(せん)例(れい) • (senrei)

precedent
ほぼ同等(どうとう)のものとして先例(せんれい)を扱(あつか)います。
Hobo dōtō no mono toshite senrei o atsukaimasu.
It uses something nearly identical as a precedent.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN