事前

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	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
simp. and trad. (事前)		事	前
anagram		前事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìqián

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ cin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-chhièn
Min Nan (POJ): sīr-chiân / sū-chiân / sīr-chûiⁿ / sū-chêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhchyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ cin⁴
  - Yale: sih chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ qin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii qienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ qian²
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-tsiân
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: sū-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxcieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chûiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-tsuînn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡suĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: sū-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxzeeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/

Adjective

事前

prior

Adverb

事前

in advance, beforehand

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	前
じ Grade: 3	ぜん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

事前 (hiragana じぜん, rōmaji jizen)

prior; beforehand
事 (じ)前 (ぜん)の相 (そう)談 (だん)がなかった。
Jizen no sōdan ga nakatta.
There was no discussion before the incident.

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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