前景

Chinese

		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	bright; circumstance; scenery
trad. (前景)		前	景
simp. ^#(前景)		前	景

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánjǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ ging²
Min Nan (POJ): chiân-kéng / chêng-kéng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánjǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánjǐng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-ching³
  - Yale: chyán-jǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanjiing
  - Palladius: цяньцзин (cjanʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ ging²
  - Yale: chìhn gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ ging²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ ging²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ kɪŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienkeang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengkeang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/

Noun

前景

(literally) foreground; vision; vista; perspective
- 攝影師讓背景朦朧淡化，以凸顯前景的主題。 [MSC, trad.]
  摄影师让背景朦胧淡化，以凸显前景的主题。 [MSC, simp.]
  From:
  Shèyǐngshī ràng bèijǐng ménglóng dànhuà, yǐ tūxiǎn qiánjǐng de zhǔtí. [Pinyin]
  The photographer wanted the background to be misty and played down so that the main focus of the photograph (which was in the foreground) would be made more prominent.
(figuratively) future prospects
職業前景／职业前景 ― zhíyè qiánjǐng ― career prospects

商用前景 ― shāngyòng qiánjǐng ― commercial prospects

Synonyms

(future prospects):

Synonyms of 前景

出息 (chūxi)
出路 (chūlù)
前程 (qiánchéng)
前途 (qiántú)
展望 (zhǎnwàng)
巴望 (bāwàng) (regional)

憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
望頭／望头 (Xiang)
望頭子／望头子 (Xiang)
盼頭／盼头 (pàntou) (colloquial)
遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)
願景／愿景 (yuànjǐng)

Related terms

背景 (bèijǐng)
佈景／布景 (bùjǐng)
遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	景
ぜん Grade: 2	けい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ぜんけー [zèńkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ŋke̞ː]

Homophones: 全景, 前掲, 前傾

Noun

前(ぜん)景(けい) • (zenkei)

foreground
Synonym: 近景 (kinkei)

Antonym: 背景 (haikei)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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