先代

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (先代)		先	代
anagram		代先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāndài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāndài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siandài
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tai⁴
    • Yale: syān-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianday
    • Palladius: сяньдай (sjanʹdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

先代

1. (literary) forefathers; predecessors
2. (literary) antiquity; ancient times

Synonyms

• (forefathers):

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• 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
• 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
• 先人 (xiānrén)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
• 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
• 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
• 公婆 (Hokkien)
• 公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
• 早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
• 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
• 祖上 (zǔshàng)
• 祖先 (zǔxiān)
• 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
• 老祖宗
• 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

 

• (antiquity):

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• 上古 (shànggǔ)
• 元古 (yuángǔ)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 古代 (gǔdài)
• 古早 (gǔzǎo) (chiefly Min)
• 古時／古时 (gǔshí)
• 太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
• 曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
• 絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
• 遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
• 邃古 (suìgǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	代
せん Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんだい [sèńdáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nda̠i]

Noun

先(せん)代(だい) • (sendai) 

1. the previous head of a family
2. the previous head of a shop or company
3. the previous performer of the same name
4. the previous generation