事前

Chinese

	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	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. (事前)	事	前
simp. ^#(事前)	事	前
anagram	前事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìqián

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ cin⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): si⁵ xien¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-chhièn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-chiân / sū-chiân / sīr-chûiⁿ / sū-chêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhcián
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chʻien²
  - Yale: shr̀-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhchyan
  - Palladius: шицянь (šicjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ cin⁴
  - Yale: sih chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: si⁵ xien¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩¹¹ ɕiɛn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii qienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ qian²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-tsiân
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: sū-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxcieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chûiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-tsuînn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡suĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: sū-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxzeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³/

Adjective

事前

prior

Adverb

事前

in advance; beforehand

Synonyms

事先 (shìxiān)
提前 (tíqián)
預先／预先 (yùxiān)
頭裡／头里 (tóuli) (colloquial)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	前
じ Grade: 3	ぜん Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じぜん [jìzéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑizẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

事(じ)前(ぜん) • (jizen)

prior; beforehand
事前(じぜん)の相談(そうだん)がなかった。
Jizen no sōdan ga nakatta.
There was no discussion before the incident.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	前

Noun

事前 • (sajeon) (hangeul 사전)

Hanja form^? of 사전 (“beforehand”).

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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