在先

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (在先)		在	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàixiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ sin¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhai-siên

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cai⁴ xiên¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chāi-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàixiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàisian
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-hsien¹
    • Yale: dzài-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayshian
    • Palladius: цзайсянь (czajsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶ sin¹
    • Yale: joih sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² siːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhai-siên
    • Hakka Romanization System: cai xien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cai⁴ xian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cai⁴ xiên¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaɪ⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tsāi-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaixsiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai⁴¹⁻²² siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

在先

1. to be in advance

Adverb

在先

1. formerly
2. beforehand