先民

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (先民)		先	民

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānmín

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ man⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siên-mìn

(Hailu, HRS): sien^ˋ min
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seng¹ ming²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-bîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānmín
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianmín
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-min²
  - Yale: syān-mín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianmin
  - Palladius: сяньминь (sjanʹminʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ min³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ man⁴
  - Yale: sīn màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ min¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sien^ˋ min
  - Sinological IPA: /sien⁵³ min⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: seng¹ ming² [Phonetic: seng⁵ ming²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seng-míng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ miŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: seng¹ ming² [Phonetic: seng⁵ ming²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ miŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: sian-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienbiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/

Noun

先民

(literary) people of old; the ancients
(literary) ancient sage

Synonyms

(people of old):

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先人 (xiānrén)
前人 (qiánrén)
古人 (gǔrén)
古代人 (gǔdàirén)
古者 (gǔzhě) (literary)