先考

Chinese

		deceased; late	old; father; ancestor
simp. and trad. (先考)		先	考

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānkǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄎㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ haau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-kháu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-khó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānkǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄎㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siankǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-kʻao³
  - Yale: syān-kǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiankao
  - Palladius: сянькао (sjanʹkao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ haau²
  - Yale: sīn háau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ haau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ hao²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ haːu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-kháu
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ kau^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ kau³
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ kʰau̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-khó
  - Tâi-lô: sian-khó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienqoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo⁵³/

Noun

先考

(respectful, literary) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father

Synonyms

(literary) 亡父 (wángfù)
(literary) 先父 (xiānfù)
(literary) 先人 (xiānrén)

Antonyms

先妣 (xiānbǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	考
せん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんこー [sèńkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

Noun

先(せん)考(こう) • (senkō)

one's deceased father

Antonyms

先妣(せんぴ) (senpi): (one's) deceased mother

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN