其先

Chinese

		his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (其先)		其	先

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ sin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: císian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-hsien¹
  - Yale: chí-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyishian
  - Palladius: цисянь (cisjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ sin¹
  - Yale: kèih sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/

Adverb

其先

(literary) previously; in the past; before

Synonyms

Synonyms of 其先

上早 (Hakka)
以前 (yǐqián)
先前 (xiānqián)
先行 (xiānxíng) (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)

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