前身

前身

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	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (前身)		前	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ san¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chiân-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiánshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshen
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ san¹
    • Yale: chìhn sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ sen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciensyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn²³⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

前身

1. forerunner; predecessor; previous form
2. (Buddhism) previous incarnation, past life
3. front part of a Chinese garment

Synonyms

• (front part of a Chinese garment): 前襟

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (前身):

• → Japanese: 前 (ぜん)身 (しん) (zenshin)
• → Korean: 전신 (前身, jeonsin)
• → Vietnamese: tiền thân (前身)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	身
ぜん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

前身 (hiragana ぜんしん, rōmaji zenshin)

1. a person's past
2. the previous state of an organization
3. predecessor; ancestor