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先考

先考

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine
simp. and trad. (先考)		先	考

Noun

先考

(literary) one's deceased father

Antonyms

先妣 (xiānbǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	考
せん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

先考 ‎(hiragana せんこう, romaji senkō)

one's deceased father

Antonyms

先妣 (せんぴ) ‎(senpi): (one's) deceased mother

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiānkǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄎㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ haau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-kháu
Min Nan (POJ): sian-khó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānkǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄎㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiankao
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ haau²
  - Yale: sīn háau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ haau²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ hɑːu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-kháu
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien´ kau`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ kau³
  - IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ kʰa̯u³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-khó
  - Tâi-lô: sian-khó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienqoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɤ⁵³/