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先天

先天

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (先天)		先	天

Noun

先天

nature (as opposed to nurture)
先天與後天 / 先天与后天 ― xiāntiān yǔ hòutiān ― nature and nurture

Antonyms

後天／后天 (hòutiān)

Adjective

先天

(of a disease or a trait) congenital; inherited; innate; inborn

Derived terms

先天缺陷 (xiāntiān quēxiàn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ tin¹
Min Nan (POJ): sian-thian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantian
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ tin¹
  - Yale: sīn tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thian
  - Tâi-lô: sian-thian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sientiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ tʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/