先鋒

See also: 先锋

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	point or edge of a tool
trad. (先鋒)		先	鋒
simp. (先锋)		先	锋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānfēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ fung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siên-fûng

(Hailu, HRS): sen^ˋ fung^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-hong
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-fon₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianfong
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-fêng¹
  - Yale: syān-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianfeng
  - Palladius: сяньфэн (sjanʹfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ fung¹
  - Yale: sīn fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-fûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ fung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˋ fung^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /sen⁵³ fuŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hong
  - Tâi-lô: sian-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienhofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /siɛn⁵⁵⁻³³ hɔŋ⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹shi-fon₁
  - MiniDict: shi^平 fon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-fon₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

Noun

先鋒

vanguard; van
leader; pioneer

Derived terms

先鋒主義 / 先锋主义
先鋒派 / 先锋派
先鋒隊 / 先锋队 (xiānfēngduì)
先鋒黴素 / 先锋霉素

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (先鋒):

→ Japanese: 先鋒(せんぽう) (senpō)
→ Korean: 선봉(先鋒) (seonbong)
→ Vietnamese: tiên phong (先鋒)

Proper noun

先鋒

(～區域, formerly ～郡) Sŏnbong (a ward of Rason, North Korea)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	鋒
せん Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんぽー [sèńpóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞mpo̞ː]

Noun

先(せん)鋒(ぽう) • (senpō)

spearhead; one that advances first in an army
(sports) an athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition
vanguard of a field (such as a revolution or an area of research)
(Ko shogi) a piece in Ko shogi

Derived terms

急先鋒(きゅうせんぽう) (kyūsenpō)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
先	鋒

Noun

先鋒 • (seonbong) (hangeul 선봉)

hanja form^? of 선봉 (“pioneer; vanguard”)

Proper noun

先鋒 • (Seonbong) (hangeul 선봉)

hanja form^? of 선봉 (“Sonbong”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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