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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp.
and
trad.
(
先世
)
先
世
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
xiānshì
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
sin
1
sai
3
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
sian-sè
/
sian-sì
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
Hanyu Pinyin
:
xiānshì
Zhuyin
:
ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
sianshìh
Wade–Giles
:
hsien
1
-shih
4
Yale
:
syān-shr̀
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
shianshyh
Palladius
:
сяньши
(sjanʹši)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Homophones
:
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仙逝
先世
先是
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
sin
1
sai
3
Yale
:
s
ī
n sai
Cantonese Pinyin
:
sin
1
sai
3
Guangdong Romanization
:
xin
1
sei
3
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/siːn
⁵⁵
sɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
:
Quanzhou
,
Xiamen
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
sian-sè
Tâi-lô
:
sian-sè
Phofsit Daibuun
:
siensex
IPA
(
Quanzhou
)
:
/siɛn³³ se⁴¹/
IPA
(
Xiamen
)
:
/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
(
Hokkien
:
Zhangzhou
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
sian-sì
Tâi-lô
:
sian-sì
Phofsit Daibuun
:
siensix
IPA
(
Zhangzhou
)
:
/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² si²¹/
Noun
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先世
(
literary
)
previous
era
;
previous
age
;
previous
dynasty
(
literary
)
forefathers
;
ancestors
Synonyms
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(
previous era
)
:
前代
(
qiándài
),
(
literary
)
前世
(
qiánshì
)
(
forefathers
)
:
老輩
/
老辈
(
lǎobèi
),
(
literary
)
先代
(
xiāndài
)