先夫

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	husband; man
simp. and trad. (先夫)		先	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ fu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-fû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianfu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-fu¹
    • Yale: syān-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianfu
    • Palladius: сяньфу (sjanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ fu¹
    • Yale: sīn fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-fû
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ fu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ fu²⁴/

Noun

先夫

1. one's late husband; one's deceased husband

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	夫
せん Grade: 1	ふ > ぷ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞mpɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

先(せん)夫(ぷ) • (senpu) 

1. one's ex-husband, former husband separated by divorce
2. one's late husband