先知

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (先知)		先	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ zi¹
• Northern Min (KCR): síng-dí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianjhih
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chih¹
    • Yale: syān-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjy
    • Palladius: сяньчжи (sjanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ zi¹
    • Yale: sīn jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: síng-dí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁴ ti⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-ti
    • Tâi-lô: sian-ti
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siendy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ ti³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/

Verb

先知

1. to know beforehand; to have foresight

Synonyms

• 先覺／先觉 (xiānjué)

Noun

先知

1. person with foresight; visionary; advanced thinker
2. (religion) prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)

   • 耶和華說：你們且聽我的話：你們中間若有先知，我─耶和華必在異象中向他顯現，在夢中與他說話。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     耶和华说：你们且听我的话：你们中间若有先知，我─耶和华必在异象中向他显现，在梦中与他说话。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From:

     1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 民數記 [Numbers] 12:6:

     Yēhéhuá shuō: nǐmen qiě tīng wǒ de huà: nǐmen zhōngjiān ruò yǒu xiānzhī, wǒ ─ Yēhéhuá bì zài yìxiàng zhōng xiàng tā xiǎnxiàn, zài mèngzhōng yǔ tā shuōhuà. [Pinyin]

     [The Lord] said, “Listen to my words: 'When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.'"

Synonyms

• (person with foresight):

• 先導／先导 (xiāndǎo)
• 先覺／先觉 (xiānjué)
• 先驅／先驱 (xiānqū)
• 先驅者／先驱者 (xiānqūzhě)

 

• (prophet): 預言家／预言家 (yùyánjiā), 預言者／预言者 (yùyánzhě)