前定

前定

Chinese

		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	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilise; to order
simp. and trad. (前定)		前	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiándìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiándìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyandinq
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zen  deŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	前	定
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	昨先切	徒徑切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zen/	/deŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zen/	/deŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɛn/	/dɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɛn/	/dɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/d͡zen/	/deŋH/
Wang Li	/d͡zien/	/dieŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱien/	/dʱieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián	dìng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤen  N-tˤeŋ-s|m-tˤeŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zleːn  deːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	前	定	定
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qián	dìng	dìng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzen ›	‹ dengH ›	‹ dengH ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁen/ (~ *m-dzˁen)	/*N-tˁeŋ-s/	/*m-tˁeŋ-s/
English	before	become fixed; settled (v.i.)	make fixed, settle (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	前	定
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	10256	17187
Phonetic component	前	正
Rime group	元	耕
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	前	定
Old Chinese	/*zleːn/	/*deːŋs/
Notes		小徐正聲

Verb

前定

1. to be previously determined; to be predetermined
2. to be predestined

Noun

前定

1. predetermination; preparation in advance
2. destiny; fate; predestination
3. (Islam) qadar