tiền nhân

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 前人.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiən˨˩ ɲən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˩ ɲəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˨˩ ɲəŋ˧˧]

Noun

tiền nhân

  1. (literary) forebears, forefathers
  2. (literary) predecessors