以前
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to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.) |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (以前) | 以 | 前 | |
| simp. #(以前) | 以 | 前 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ji5 cin4
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): ǐ-chîng
- Eastern Min (BUC): ī-*sèng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1i-zhi; 1i 6zhi
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i3 zienn2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǐcián
- Wade–Giles: i3-chʻien2
- Yale: yǐ-chyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiichyan
- Palladius: ицянь (icjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йичян (yiči͡an, II-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ji5 cin4
- Yale: yíh chìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji5 tsin4
- Guangdong Romanization: yi5 qin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-chhièn
- Hakka Romanization System: iˊ qienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi1 qian2
- Sinological IPA: /i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-chhièn
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˊ qienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yi1 qian2
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǐ-chîng
- Sinological IPA (key): /i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ī-*sèng
- Sinological IPA (key): /i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-chûiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: í-tsuînn
- Phofsit Daibuun: yzvuii
- IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tong'an, Kinmen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-châiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: í-tsâinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: yzvaai
- IPA (Tong'an): /i³¹⁻²² t͡sãi²⁴/
- IPA (Kinmen): /i⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sãi²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: i2 zoin5 / i2 zain5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: í tsôiⁿ / í tsâiⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/, /i⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sãĩ⁵⁵/
Note:
- i2 zoin5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
- i2 zain5 - Jieyang.
Noun
以前
Synonyms
- 上早 (Hakka)
- 先前 (xiānqián)
- 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
- 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
- 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
- 原在 (Hakka)
- 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
- 向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
- 嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
- 在前 (zàiqián)
- 家先 (Hakka)
- 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
- 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
- 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
- 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
- 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
- 早先 (zǎoxiān)
- 早年所 (Hokkien)
- 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
- 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
- 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
- 曾
- 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
- 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
- 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
- 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
- 過前／过前 (Hainanese)
Further reading
- “Entry #1349”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
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