在前

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	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. (在前)		在	前
simp. ^#(在前)		在	前

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zàiqián

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ cin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zàiqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zàicián
  - Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-chʻien²
  - Yale: dzài-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaychyan
  - Palladius: цзайцянь (czajcjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi⁶ cin⁴
  - Yale: joih chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Adverb

在前

previously; formerly; once upon a time; in the past

Synonyms

Synonyms of 在前

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)
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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