早前
Chinese
| early; morning | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (早前) | 早 | 前 | |
| simp. #(早前) | 早 | 前 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoqián
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǎocián
- Wade–Giles: tsao3-chʻien2
- Yale: dzǎu-chyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaochyan
- Palladius: цзаоцянь (czaocjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zou2 cin4
- Yale: jóu chìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzou2 tsin4
- Guangdong Romanization: zou2 qin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-chêng
- Tâi-lô: tsá-tsîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zafzeeng
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Adverb
早前
Synonyms
- 上早 (Hakka)
- 以前 (yǐqián)
- 以早 (ī-cā) (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 先前 (xiānqián)
- 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
- 其先 (qíxiān) (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)