前者

前者

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	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
simp. and trad. (前者)		前	者

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ ze²
• Min Nan (POJ): chêng-chiá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiánzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanjee
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ ze²
    • Yale: chìhn jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ zé²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengciar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕia⁴¹/

Adverb

前者

1. (literary) previously

Noun

前者

1. the former (as opposed to the latter)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	者
ぜん Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

前者 (hiragana ぜんしゃ, rōmaji zensha)

1. the former

Antonyms

• 後 (こう)者 (しゃ) (kōsha)