眼前

Chinese

		eye	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. (眼前)		眼	前

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnqián

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ cin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngién-chhièn / ngián-chhièn
Min Nan (POJ): gán-chiân / gán-chêng / gián-chêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎnqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanchyan
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ cin⁴
  - Yale: ngáahn chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ qin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien` qienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ qian²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯en³¹ t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian` qienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ qian²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯an³¹ t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: gán-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafncieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /gan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɛn¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: gán-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnzeeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /gan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gián-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: gián-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giefnzeeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /giɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²³/

Noun

眼前

before one's eyes
the present; the current moment; right now; immediate
眼前利益 ― yǎnqián lìyì ― immediate interests

Synonyms

(the present): (literary) 即世 (jíshì), 今世 (jīnshì)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 眼前

不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前／不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 (bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián)
光棍不吃眼前虧／光棍不吃眼前亏
吃眼前虧／吃眼前亏
好漢不吃眼前虧／好汉不吃眼前亏 (hǎohàn bù chī yǎnqián kuī)
擺在眼前／摆在眼前
火燒眉毛，且顧眼前／火烧眉毛，且顾眼前

眼前歡／眼前欢
眼前花
眼前花發／眼前花发
近在眼前
遠在天邊，近在眼前／远在天边，近在眼前

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