先民

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (先民)		先	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-bîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianmín
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-min²
    • Yale: syān-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianmin
    • Palladius: сяньминь (sjanʹminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ man⁴
    • Yale: sīn màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: sian-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienbiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/

Noun

先民

1. (literary) people of old; the ancients
2. (literary) ancient sage

Synonyms

• (people of old):

• 先人 (xiānrén)
• 前人 (qiánrén)
• 古人 (gǔrén)
• 古代人 (gǔdàirén)
• 古者 (gǔzhě) (literary)