備前

備前

Chinese

		to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip	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
trad. (備前)		備	前
simp. (备前)		备	前

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 備前 (Bizen).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bèiqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bèiqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bèicián
    • Wade–Giles: Pei⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: Bèi-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beychyan
    • Palladius: Бэйцянь (Bɛjcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjɛn³⁵/

Proper noun

備前

1. (～市) Bizen (a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
備	前
び Grade: 5	ぜん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

備(び)前(ぜん) • (Bizen) 

1. Bizen (a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan)
2. Bizen Province, an old province of Japan