先人
Chinese
editearly; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (先人) |
先 | 人 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sin1 jan4
- Jin (Wiktionary): xie1 reng1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sianrén
- Wade–Giles: hsien1-jên2
- Yale: syān-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianren
- Palladius: сяньжэнь (sjanʹžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- Homophones:
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先人
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sin1 jan4
- Yale: sīn yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin1 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: xin1 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
- Homophones:
仙人
先人
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xie1 reng1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lîn
- Tâi-lô: sian-lîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: sienliin
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ lin²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-jîn
- Tâi-lô: sian-jîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: sienjiin
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: soin1 ring5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: soiⁿ jîng
- Sinological IPA (key): /sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
Noun
edit先人
- ancestors; forebears; forefathers
- (respectful) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father
- 明道中,從先人還家,於舅家見之,十二三矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 960–1127, Wang Anshi, 《傷仲永》
- Míngdào zhōng, cóng xiānrén huánjiā, yú jiù jiā jiàn zhī, shí'èr sān yǐ. [Pinyin]
- In the year of Mingdao, I returned to my home with my late father and saw him in my uncle’s home. He was twelve or thirteen years old by then.
明道中,从先人还家,于舅家见之,十二三矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- the ancients; people from ancient times; forefathers
Synonyms
edit- (ancestors):
- (one's deceased father): (literary) 亡父 (wángfù), (literary) 先父 (xiānfù), (literary) 先考 (xiānkǎo)
- (the ancients):
Derived terms
editJapanese
editKanji in this term | |
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先 | 人 |
せん Grade: 1 |
じん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- ancestors; forebears; forefathers
- 先人の言葉
- senjin no kotoba
- words of the ancients
- 先人の言葉
References
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