先哲

先哲

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	philosophy; wise
simp. and trad. (先哲)		先	哲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ zit³
• Min Nan (POJ): sian-tiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiānzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjer
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ zit³
    • Yale: sīn jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ jid³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-tiat
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siendiad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ tiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛt̚³²/

Noun

先哲

1. great thinker of the past; sage

Synonyms

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先達／先达 (xiāndá) (literary)

前賢／前贤 (qiánxián) (literary)