前途

前途

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	way; route; road
trad. (前途)		前	途
simp. #(前途)		前	途

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiántú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ tou⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-thù
• Min Nan (POJ): chiân-tô͘ / chêng-tô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiántú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciántú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tʻu²
    • Yale: chyán-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantwu
    • Palladius: цяньту (cjanʹtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn³⁵ tʰu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 前途 錢途／钱途

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: chìhn tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ tʰou̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 前途 錢途／钱途

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-thù
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ tuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² tu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹ tʰu¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciendoo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn²³⁻³³ tɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² tɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengdoo
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡seŋ²³⁻²¹ tɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zen  duo/

Rime
Character	前	途
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	昨先切	同都切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zen/	/duo/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zen/	/duo/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɛn/	/do/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɛn/	/dɔ/
Li Rong	/d͡zen/	/do/
Wang Li	/d͡zien/	/du/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱien/	/dʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián	tú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin4	tou4

Noun

前途

1. prospects (of a person, project, etc.); promise; future; outlook

   前途光明  ―  qiántú guāngmíng  ―  bright future

   前途無量／前途无量  ―  qiántú wúliàng  ―  unlimited future

   前途暗淡  ―  qiántú àndàn  ―  dim future

   美妙的前途  ―  měimiào de qiántú  ―  promising future

   人類前途／人类前途  ―  rénlèi qiántú  ―  the future of the human race

   毀了自己的前途／毁了自己的前途  ―  huǐ le zìjǐ de qiántú  ―  to ruin one's own future

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 前途

出息 (chūxi) 出路 (chūlù) 前景 (qiánjǐng) 前程 (qiánchéng) 展望 (zhǎnwàng) 巴望 (bāwàng) (regional)

憧憬 (chōngjǐng) 望頭／望头 (Xiang) 望頭子／望头子 (Xiang) 盼頭／盼头 (pàntou) (colloquial) 遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng) 願景／愿景 (yuànjǐng)

References

• “Entry #4756”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	途
ぜん Grade: 2	と Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜ​んと [zéꜜǹtò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞nto̞]

Noun

前(ぜん)途(と) • (zento) 

1. future, prospects, outlook

   Synonyms: 将来, 先

2. journey ahead, distance yet to cover

Derived terms

• 前途無効(ぜんとむこう) (zentomukō)
• 前途洋々(ぜんとようよう) (zentoyōyō)
• 前途多難(ぜんとたなん) (zentotanan)
• 前途遼遠(ぜんとりょうえん) (zentoryōen)

References

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