先農

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	agriculture
trad. (先農)		先	農
simp. (先农)		先	农

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānnóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄋㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānnóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄋㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siannóng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-nung²
    • Yale: syān-núng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannong
    • Palladius: сяньнун (sjanʹnun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

先農

1. (Chinese mythology) God of Agriculture (who originally taught people how to farm)

Derived terms

• 先農壇／先农坛
• 先農湯／先农汤 (xiānnóngtāng)
• 先農祭／先农祭