早先

Chinese

		early; morning	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (早先)		早	先

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎoxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² sin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chó-siên
Wu (Wiktionary): ²tsau-xi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎosian
  - Wade–Giles: tsao³-hsien¹
  - Yale: dzǎu-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoshian
  - Palladius: цзаосянь (czaosjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zou² sin¹
  - Yale: jóu sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    早先
    祖先
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo` xien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zo³ xian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ ɕi̯en²⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ²tsau-xi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

早先

the past

Adverb

早先

previously; in the past; before
(Wu) originally

Synonyms

(previously):

Synonyms of 早先

上早 (Hakka)
以前 (yǐqián)
先前 (xiānqián)
先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
原在 (Hakka)
古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
在前 (zàiqián)
家先 (Hakka)
往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
早年所 (Min Nan)
昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
曾 (céng)

向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
往擺／往摆 (Min Nan)
往擺仔／往摆仔 (Min Nan)
往過／往过 (Min Nan)
往過仔／往过仔 (Min Nan)
從前／从前 (cóngqián)
早時／早时 (Min Nan)
昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
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)

(originally):

Synonyms of 早先

先前 (Wu)
初初 (Cantonese, Min Nan)
原先 (yuánxiān)
原初 (yuánchū)
原底 (yuándǐ) (chiefly Cantonese, Min Nan)
原旦 (Hakka)
原本 (yuánběn)
在本 (Min Nan)
始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
早先 (Wu)
最初 (zuìchū)
本底 (Min Nan)
本底子 (Wu, dated)
本成 (Min Nan)
本然 (Min Nan)
本生 (běnshēng) (Wu)
自本 (Min Nan)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起初 (qǐchū)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (qǐshǒu)
起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)

一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing)
一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
上頭仔／上头仔 (Min Nan)
乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing)
先頭／先头 (Wu)
劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
原來／原来 (yuánlái)
原本榻裡／原本榻里 (Wu)
寢頭／寝头 (Min Nan)
就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing)
本來／本来 (běnlái)
本則來／本则来 (Wu, dated)
當初／当初 (dāngchū)
當初時／当初时 (Min Nan)
舊底／旧底 (Min Nan)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
開先／开先 (Xiang)
開初／开初 (kāichū)
頭仔／头仔 (Min Nan)
頭起先／头起先 (Min Nan)
頭頭 (Cantonese, Min Dong, Min Nan)

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