先後

See also: 先后

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (先後)		先	後
simp. (先后)		先	后

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ hau⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sian-hiǒ / sian-hō͘ / suiⁿ-ǎu / seng-āu

(Teochew, Peng'im): soin¹ ao⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianhòu
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-hou⁴
  - Yale: syān-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianhow
  - Palladius: сяньхоу (sjanʹxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ hau⁶
  - Yale: sīn hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hiǒ
  - Tâi-lô: sian-hiǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ hio²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sian-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienho
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: suiⁿ-ǎu
  - Tâi-lô: suinn-ǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suĩ³³ au²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-āu
  - Tâi-lô: sing-āu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seng'au
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² au²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: soin¹ ao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: soiⁿ ău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sõĩ³³⁻²³ au³⁵/

Adverb

先後

continuously; one after another; bit by bit; in turn; successively; in succession

Synonyms

一連 / 一连 (yīlián)
不斷 / 不断 (bùduàn)
前後 / 前后 (qiánhòu)
勿斷 / 勿断 (⁸veq-doe) (Wu)
接連 / 接连 (jiēlián)
接連不斷 / 接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
沓沓 (Hokkien)
直透 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
相繼 / 相继 (xiāngjì)
紛紛 / 纷纷 (fēnfēn)
絡繹 / 络绎 (luòyì) (literary)
連 / 连
連紲 / 连绁 (Hokkien)
連續 / 连续 (liánxù)
連連 / 连连 (liánlián)
陸續 / 陆续 (lùxù)
陸陸續續 / 陆陆续续 (lùlùxùxù)