原先

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (原先)		原	先

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ sin¹
Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): ying² sing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-sian / goân-suiⁿ / goân-seng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnioe-shi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): yenn² sienn¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánsian
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-hsien¹
  - Yale: ywán-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshian
  - Palladius: юаньсянь (juanʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ sin¹
  - Yale: yùhn sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ siːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: ying² sing¹
  - Sinological IPA: /iŋ²⁴ siŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sian
  - Tâi-lô: guân-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goansiefn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-suiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: guân-suinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goansvuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² suĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-seng
  - Tâi-lô: guân-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goansefng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnioe-shi
  - MiniDict: nyoe^去 shi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyyoe-xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲyø²² ɕi⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: yenn² sienn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /y̯ẽ¹³ si̯ẽ³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /y̯ẽ¹³ ɕi̯ẽ³³/

Adverb

原先

originally
原先係畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
原先系畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
jyun⁴ sin¹ hai⁶ bei² nei⁵ sik⁶ ge³. [Jyutping]
It was originally for you to eat.

Synonyms

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一插手兒 / 一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
一開始 / 一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
上頭仔 / 上头仔 (Hokkien)
乍出猛兒 / 乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
先前 (¹shi-zhi₆) (Wu)
先起頭 / 先起头 (Wu)
先頭 / 先头 (Wu)
最初 (zuìchū)
初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
初起 (chūqǐ) (Jinjiang Hokkien)
初逢 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
劈頭 / 劈头 (pītóu)
原 (yuán)
原來 / 原来 (yuánlái)
原初 (yuánchū)
原底 (Hokkien, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
原旦 (Hakka)
原本 (yuánběn)
原本榻裡 / 原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
在本 (Hokkien)
始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
寢頭 / 寝头 (Hokkien)
就跟兒 / 就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
本來 / 本来 (běnlái)
本則來 / 本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
本底 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
本成 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
本然 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
本生 (⁵pen-san) (Wu)
當初 / 当初 (dāngchū)
當初時 / 当初时 (Hokkien)
當原初 / 当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
自本 (Hokkien)
舊底 / 旧底 (Hokkien)
見面 / 见面 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起初 (qǐchū)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (qǐshǒu)
起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
開先 / 开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
開初 / 开初 (kāichū)
頭仔 / 头仔 (Hokkien)
頭起先 / 头起先 (Hokkien)
頭頭 / 头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)

Adjective

原先

(attributive) original
原先計劃／原先计划 ― yuánxiān jìhuà ― original plan; as originally planned

Synonyms

原初 (yuánchū)

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “原先”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 769.