先前

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	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. (先前)		先	前
simp. ^#(先前)		先	前

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānqián

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ cin⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siên-chhièn

(Meixian, Guangdong): xiên¹ qiên²
Min Bei (KCR): sáing-chîng
Min Nan (POJ): sian-chiân
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹xi-xxi
Xiang (Wiktionary): sienn¹ zienn²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siancián
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chʻien²
  - Yale: syān-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianchyan
  - Palladius: сяньцянь (sjanʹcjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ cin⁴
  - Yale: sīn chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien´ qienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ qian²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiên¹ qiên²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sáing-chîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saiŋ⁵⁴ t͡sʰiŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: sian-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siencieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɛn¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹xi-xxi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʑ̥i²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sienn¹ zienn²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /siẽ³³ t͡siẽ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕiẽ³³ t͡ɕiẽ¹³/

Adverb

先前

before; previously
(Wu) originally

Synonyms

(before):

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Synonyms of 先前

上早 (Hakka)
以前 (yǐqián)
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)
早先 (zǎoxiān)
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):

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Synonyms of 先前

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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