其先
Chinese
his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) |
early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first | ||
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| simp. and trad. (其先) |
其 | 先 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qíxiān
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: císian
- Wade–Giles: chʻi2-hsien1
- Yale: chí-syān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyishian
- Palladius: цисянь (cisjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kei4 sin1
- Yale: kèih sīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: kei4 sin1
- Guangdong Romanization: kéi4 xin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰei̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adverb
其先
- (literary) previously; in the past; before
Synonyms
- 上早 (Hakka)
- 以前 (yǐqián)
- 以早 (ī-cā) (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 先前 (xiānqián)
- 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
- 前仔 (Tainan Hokkien)
- 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
- 原在 (Hakka)
- 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
- 向來 / 向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
- 嘗 / 尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
- 在前 (zàiqián)
- 家先 (Hakka)
- 往擺 / 往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 往擺仔 / 往摆仔 (Hokkien)
- 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
- 往過 / 往过 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 往過仔 / 往过仔 (Hokkien)
- 從前 / 从前 (cóngqián)
- 早先 (zǎoxiān)
- 早年所 (Hokkien)
- 早時 / 早时 (Hokkien)
- 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
- 昔時 / 昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
- 曾
- 曾經 / 曾经 (céngjīng)
- 當初 / 当初 (dāngchū)
- 舊擺 / 旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
- 舊早 / 旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
- 過前 / 过前 (Hainanese)