領先

See also: 领先

Chinese

		neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (領先)		領	先
simp. (领先)		领	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐngxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁵ sin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): léng-sian / niá-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐngxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐngsian
    • Wade–Giles: ling³-hsien¹
    • Yale: lǐng-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liingshian
    • Palladius: линсянь (linsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁵ sin¹
    • Yale: líhng sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁵ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁵ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ¹³ siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-sian
    • Tâi-lô: líng-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefngsiefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niá-seng
    • Tâi-lô: niá-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niafsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

領先

1. to lead; to be in the lead

   中國高鐵的發展領先世界。 [MSC, trad.]
   中国高铁的发展领先世界。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhōngguó gāotiě de fāzhǎn lǐngxiān shìjiè. [Pinyin]

   China is leading the world in high-speed rail.

Derived terms

• 一路領先／一路领先 (yīlùlǐngxiān)
• 遙遙領先／遥遥领先 (yáoyáolǐngxiān)