先人

先人

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (先人)		先	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jan⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): xie¹ reng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): sian-lîn / sian-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-jên²
    • Yale: syān-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianren
    • Palladius: сяньжэнь (sjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: sin¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: sīn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xie¹ reng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: sian-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: sian-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³/

Noun

先人

1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers
2. (respectful) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father

   • 明道中，從先人還家，於舅家見之，十二三矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     明道中，从先人还家，于舅家见之，十二三矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 960–1127, Wang Anshi, 《傷仲永》

     Míngdào zhōng, cóng xiānrén huánjiā, yú jiù jiā jiàn zhī, shí'èr sān yǐ. [Pinyin]

     In the year of Mingdao, I returned to my home with my late father and saw him in my uncle’s home. He was twelve or thirteen years old by then.

3. the ancients; people from ancient times; forefathers

Synonyms

• (ancestors):

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Synonyms of 先人

先代 (xiāndài) (literary) 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary) 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary) 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary) 公婆 (Min Nan) 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary) 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic) 祖上 (zǔshàng) 祖先 (zǔxiān)

祖宗 (zǔzōng) 老祖宗 (lǎozǔzong) 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi) 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi) 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi) 公媽／公妈 (Min Nan) 早勻／早匀 (Min Nan) 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

• (one's deceased father): (literary) 亡父 (wángfù), (literary) 先父 (xiānfù), (literary) 先考 (xiānkǎo)
• (the ancients):

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先民 (xiānmín) (literary) 前人 (qiánrén) 古人 (gǔrén)

古代人 (gǔdàirén) 古者 (gǔzhě) (literary)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	人
せん Grade: 1	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんじん [sèńjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞n(d͡)ʑĩɴ]

Noun

先(せん)人(じん) • (senjin) ^{←せんじん (senzin)?}

1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers

   先人(せんじん)の言葉(ことば)

   senjin no kotoba

   words of the ancients

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN