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事先

事先

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (事先)		事	先

Adverb

事先

beforehand; in advance; prior

Synonyms

提前 (tíqián)
頭裡／头里 (tóuli)
現行／现行 (xiānxíng)
預先／预先 (yùxiān)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ sin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-siên
Min Nan (POJ): sū-sian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ sin¹
  - Yale: sih sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ sin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siː²² siːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii xien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ xian¹
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ɕi̯en²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-sian
  - Tâi-lô: sū-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxsiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/