以前

Chinese

		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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yǐqián

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йичян (yiči͡an, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ cin⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yî-chhièn

(Meixian, Guangdong): yi¹ qiên²
Northern Min (KCR): ǐ-chîng
Eastern Min (BUC): ī-*sèng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): í-chêng / í-chûiⁿ / í-châiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): i² zoin⁵ / i² zain⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹i-zhi; ¹i ⁶zhi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i³ zienn²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐqián
  - 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.)
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/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: i^ˊ qien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ qian²
  - Sinological IPA: /i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˊ qien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ qian²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yi¹ qiên²
  - Sinological IPA: /i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǐ-chîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ī-*sèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²¹ sɛiŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: í-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: yzeeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /i⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²⁴/
- (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.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹i-zhi; ¹i ⁶zhi
  - MiniDict: i^平 zhi; i^平 zhi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹i-xxi; ¹i ³xxi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/, /i⁴⁴ ʑi²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: i³ zienn²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /i⁴¹ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /i⁴¹ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/

Noun

以前

earlier times; formerly; previously

Synonyms

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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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
以	前
い Grade: 4	ぜん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いぜん [íꜜzèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [izẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

以(い)前(ぜん) • (izen)

(the one) before, formerly, ago
the former, the previous

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
以	前

Noun

以前 • (ijeon) (hangeul 이전)

hanja form^? of 이전 (“the time before now; heretofore”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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以前

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