事前

事前

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	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
simp. and trad. (事前)		事	前
anagram		前事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ cin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-chhièn
• Min Nan (POJ): sīr-chiân / sū-chiân / sīr-chûiⁿ / sū-chêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shìqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhchyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ cin⁴
    • Yale: sih chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ qin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ qian²
    • IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-tsiân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: sū-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxcieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chûiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-tsuînn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡suĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: sū-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxzeeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/

Adjective

事前

1. prior

Adverb

事前

1. in advance, beforehand

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	前
じ Grade: 3	ぜん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

事前 (hiragana じぜん, rōmaji jizen)

1. prior; beforehand

   事 (じ)前 (ぜん)の相 (そう)談 (だん)がなかった。

   Jizen no sōdan ga nakatta.

   There was no discussion before the incident.

References

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