先達

Chinese

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 先 達
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 曷 (63)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV I
Fanqie 蘇前切 唐割切
Baxter sen dat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sen/ /dɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sen/ /dɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɛn/ /dɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sɛn/ /dat̚/
Li
Rong 		/sen/ /dɑt̚/
Wang
Li 		/sien/ /dɑt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/sien/ /dʱɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiān dá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sin1 daat6

Etymology 1

early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
 
attain; pass through; achieve
attain; pass through; achieve; reach; realize; clear; inform; notify; dignity
 
trad. (先達) 先 達
simp. (先达) 先 达

Noun

先達

  1. (literary) great thinker of the past; sage
Synonyms

Etymology 2

phonetic
trad. (先達) 先 達
simp. (先达) 先 达

From Indonesian Siantar, from Pematangsiantar.

Proper noun

先達

  2. (～市) Pematangsiantar (a city in North Sumatra, Indonesia)
Derived terms
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