前夕

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	dusk; evening
simp. and trad. (前夕)		前	夕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánxī, qiánxì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ zik⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chiân-si̍t / chiân-se̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiánxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: qiánxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshih
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    前夕
    前戲／前戏
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ zik⁶
  - Yale: chìhn jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ jig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡sɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciensit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɕit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² ɕit̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-se̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-si̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciensek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚⁴/

Noun

前夕

eve
the day before
just before
the evening before last night; the evening before yesterday

Synonyms

(the evening before last night): 前夜 (qiányè), 前晚 (qiánwǎn)

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