先天

先天

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (先天)		先	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ tin¹
• Min Nan (POJ): sian-thian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantian
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ tin¹
    • Yale: sīn tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ tin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thian
    • Tâi-lô: sian-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sientiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ tʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

先天

1. nature (as opposed to nurture)

   先天與後天 / 先天与后天  ―  xiāntiān yǔ hòutiān  ―  nature and nurture

Antonyms

• 後天／后天 (hòutiān)

Adjective

先天

1. (of a disease or a trait) congenital; inherited; innate; inborn

Derived terms

先天缺陷 (xiāntiān quēxiàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	天
せん Grade: 1	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せんてん [sèńtéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ntẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

先天 (hiragana せんてん, rōmaji senten)

1. something one is born with; something one has since birth

Antonyms

• 後 (こう)天 (てん) (kōten)

References

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