前夕

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	dusk; evening
trad. (前夕)		前	夕
simp. ^#(前夕)		前	夕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánxī, qiánxì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ zik⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiân-si̍t / chiân-se̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ sêg⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánsi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hsi¹
  - Yale: chyán-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshi
  - Palladius: цяньси (cjanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánsì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hsi⁴
  - Yale: chyán-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshih
  - Palladius: цяньси (cjanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    前夕
    前戲／前戏
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ zik⁶
  - Yale: chìhn jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ jig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciensit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-se̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-si̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciensek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zoin⁵ sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/

Noun

前夕

eve; the night before
the period of time immediately before an event; eve (of an event)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	夕
ぜん Grade: 2	せき Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

前(ぜん)夕(せき) • (zenseki)

the previous night; last night