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先後

先後

See also: 先后

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (先後)		先	後
simp. (先后)		先	后

Adverb

先後

successively, one after another, in succession

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiānhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ hau⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sian-hiǒ / sian-hō͘ / suiⁿ-ǎu / seng-āu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄏㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianhow
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ hau⁶
  - Yale: sīn hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ hau⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hiǒ
  - Tâi-lô: sian-hiǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ hiɤ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sian-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienho
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: suiⁿ-ǎu
  - Tâi-lô: suinn-ǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suĩ³³ aʊ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-āu
  - Tâi-lô: sing-āu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seng'au
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² aʊ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² aʊ²²/