先妣

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	deceased mother
trad. (先妣)		先	妣
simp. #(先妣)		先	妣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-pi³
    • Yale: syān-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianbii
    • Palladius: сяньби (sjanʹbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ bei²
    • Yale: sīn béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵/

Noun

先妣

1. (literary) one's deceased mother

Synonyms

• 先慈 (xiāncí)
• 先母 (xiānmǔ)

Antonyms

• 先考 (xiānkǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	妣
せん Grade: 1	ひ > ぴ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

先(せん)妣(ぴ) • (senpi) 

1. (one's) deceased mother

Antonyms

• 先考(せんこう) (senkō): (one's) deceased father