前清

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	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure
trad. (前清)		前	清
simp. #(前清)		前	清

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qiánqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qiánqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ciáncing
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻien²-chʻing¹
    • Yale: Chyán-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyanching
    • Palladius: Цяньцин (Cjanʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ cing¹
    • Yale: chìhn chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

前清

1. former Qing dynasty (a term for the Qing dynasty used after the Xinhai Revolution and the establishment of the Republic of China)

   • 前清地方造丁口冊，有正冊、另册二種，好人入正冊，匪盜等壞人入另冊。 [MSC, trad.]
     前清地方造丁口册，有正册、另册二种，好人入正册，匪盗等坏人入另册。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Qiánqīng dìfāng zào dīngkǒucè, yǒu zhèngcè, lìngcè èr zhǒng, hǎorén rù zhèngcè, fěidào děng huàirén rù lìngcè. [Pinyin]

     In the Qing Dynasty, the household census compiled by the local authorities consisted of a regular register and “the other” register, the former for honest people and the latter for burglars, bandits and similar undesirables.