先時

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (先時)		先	時
simp. (先时)		先	时

(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "先时".)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ si⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianshíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-shih²
    • Yale: syān-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshyr
    • Palladius: сяньши (sjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ si⁴
    • Yale: sīn sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ siː²¹/

Noun

先時

1. earlier times; in the beginning

   • 如今的這榮寧二府也都蕭索了，不比先時的光景。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     如今的这荣宁二府也都萧索了，不比先时的光景。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Rújīn de zhè Róng Níng èr fǔ yě dōu xiāosuǒ le, bùbǐ xiānshí de guāngjǐng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1877, Donald Bruce, “Lesson 62”, in Easy Phrases in the Canton Dialect of the Chinese Language, 2nd edition, San Francisco: Bruce's Printing House:

     個件事我先時唔知 [Cantonese, trad.]
     个件事我先时唔知 [Cantonese, simp.]

     go³ gin⁶ si⁶ ngo⁵ sin¹ si⁴ m⁴ zi¹ [Jyutping]

     I did not know that before.

   • 1899, 馬可福音：中西字 [The Gospel according to St. Mark in English and Cantonese], Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 20:

     嚟到耶穌處、見先時被成軍嘅鬼所迷之人、坐倒處、着翻衣服、自自在在、佢哋就慌起嚟 [Cantonese, trad.]
     嚟到耶稣处、见先时被成军嘅鬼所迷之人、坐倒处、着翻衣服、自自在在、佢哋就慌起嚟 [Cantonese, simp.]

     lai⁴ dou³ je⁴ sou¹ cyu², gin³ sin¹ si⁴ bei⁶ sing⁴ gwan¹ ge³ gwai² so² mai⁴ zi¹ jan⁴, co⁵ dou² cyu³, zoek³ faan¹ ji¹ fuk⁶, zi⁶ zi⁶ zoi⁶ zoi⁶, keoi⁵ dei⁶ zau⁶ fong¹ hei² lai⁴ [Jyutping]

     And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.