前身

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	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (前身)		前	身
simp. #(前身)		前	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-sin
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhi-sen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánshen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-shên¹
    • Yale: chyán-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshen
    • Palladius: цяньшэнь (cjanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ san¹
    • Yale: chìhn sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciensyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhi-sen
    • MiniDict: zhi^去 sen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxi-sen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑi²² sən⁴⁴/

Noun

前身

1. forerunner; predecessor; previous form
2. (Buddhism) previous incarnation; past life
3. front part of a Chinese garment

Synonyms

• (front part of a Chinese garment): 前襟 (qiánjīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (前身):

• → Japanese: 前身(ぜんしん) (zenshin)
• → Korean: 전신(前身) (jeonsin)
• → Vietnamese: tiền thân (前身)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	身
ぜん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

前(ぜん)身(しん) • (zenshin) 

1. a person's past
2. the previous state of an organization
3. predecessor; ancestor