先賢

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	worthy (person)
trad. (先賢)		先	賢
simp. (先贤)		先	贤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānxián

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sian-hiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshyan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siansián
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ ɕjɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: sīn yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hiân
  - Tâi-lô: sian-hiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienhieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn²³/

Noun

先賢

(old) sages of the past

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