前者

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
trad. (前者)		前	者
simp. ^#(前者)		前	者

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánzhě

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ ze²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chêng-chiá

(Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ zia²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánzhě
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánjhě
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-chê³
  - Yale: chyán-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanjee
  - Palladius: цяньчжэ (cjanʹčžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ ze²
  - Yale: chìhn jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ zé²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-chiá
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-tsiá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengciar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sia⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zoin⁵ zia²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ tsiá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵²/

Adverb

前者

(literary) previously

Noun

前者

the former (as opposed to the latter)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	者
ぜん Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんしゃ [zéꜜǹshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

前(ぜん)者(しゃ) • (zensha)

the former

Antonyms

後者(こうしゃ) (kōsha)

Korean

Hanja in this term
前	者

Noun

前者 • (jeonja) (hangeul 전자)

hanja form^? of 전자 (“the former”)