前人

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	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (前人)		前	人
variant forms		前儂／前侬 (chêng-lâng; chûiⁿ-) Min Nan

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánrén

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-ngìn
Min Nan (POJ): chiân-lîn / chiân-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiánrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanren
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: chìhn yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian² ngin²
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienliin
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³/

Noun

前人

the ancients; people in ancient times; forefathers
predecessor
the person referred to above
the person facing one

Pronunciation 2

Min Nan (POJ): chêng-lâng / chûiⁿ-lâng / chân-lâng

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zenglaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsuînn-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvuilaang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suĩ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsân-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zanlaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/

Noun

前人

(Min Nan) former wife

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 前某

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	人
ぜん Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

前人 (hiragana ぜんじん, rōmaji zenjin)

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