"先人" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /ɕie¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /siɛn³³ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/, /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/, /ɕie¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/, /siɛn³³ lin²⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/, /sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: xiānrén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sin¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], xie¹ reng¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], sian-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], sian-jîn [Hokkien, POJ], soin¹ ring⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], xiānrén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], sianrén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsien¹-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], syān-rén [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shianren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сяньжэнь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sjanʹžɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sin¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], sīn yàhn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], sin¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], xin¹ yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], xie¹ reng¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], sian-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sienliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sian-jîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sienjiin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], soiⁿ jîng [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 先人
  1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers
    Sense id: en-先人-zh-noun-O945C240
  2. (respectful) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father Categories (topical): Death, Family, People Synonyms (one's deceased father): 亡父 (wángfù) [literary], 先父 (xiānfù) [literary], 先考 (xiānkǎo) [literary]
    Sense id: en-先人-zh-noun-UsAqmtfZ Disambiguation of Death: 12 57 31 Disambiguation of Family: 1 54 46 Disambiguation of People: 1 47 52 Disambiguation of "one's deceased father": 0 98 1
  3. the ancients; people from ancient times; forefathers Categories (topical): Family, Male, People
    Sense id: en-先人-zh-noun-tVjjv7Vt Disambiguation of Family: 1 54 46 Disambiguation of Male: 28 6 66 Disambiguation of People: 1 47 52 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 先人板板
Synonyms: 上輩 (shàngbèi), 上辈 (shàngbèi), 上輩子 (shàngbèizi), 上辈子 (shàngbèizi), 先代 (xiāndài) [literary], 先古 (xiāngǔ) [literary], 先君 (xiānjūn) [literary], 先祖 (xiānzǔ) [literary], 先輩 (xiānbèi), 先辈 (xiānbèi), 公婆 [Hokkien], 公媽 [Min-Nan], 公妈 [Min-Nan], 早勻 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 早匀 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 父祖 (fùzǔ) [literary], 皇考 (huángkǎo) [archaic], 祖上 (zǔshàng), 祖先 (zǔxiān), 祖宗 (zǔzōng), 老祖宗, 老輩 (lǎobèi), 老辈 (lǎobèi), 先民 (xiānmín) [literary], 前人 (qiánrén), 古人 (gǔrén), 古代人 (gǔdàirén), 古者 (gǔzhě) [literary]

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ] Forms: 先人 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), (じん)), senjin [romanization], senzin [romanization], せんじん [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|せんじん|hhira=せんじん}} 先(せん)人(じん) • (senjin) ^(←せんじん (senzin)?)
  1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers

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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ancestors; forebears; forefathers"
      ],
      "id": "en-先人-zh-noun-O945C240",
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forebear",
          "forebear"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 57 31",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Death",
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            "Fundamental"
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        },
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          "_dis": "1 47 52",
          "kind": "topical",
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        {
          "english": "In the year of Mingdao, I returned to my home with my late father and saw him in my uncle’s home. He was twelve or thirteen years old by then.",
          "ref": "明道中,從先人還家,於舅家見之,十二三矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "明道中,从先人还家,于舅家见之,十二三矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 960–1127, Wang Anshi, 《傷仲永》\nMíngdào zhōng, cóng xiānrén huánjiā, yú jiù jiā jiàn zhī, shí'èr sān yǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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          "deceased"
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          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "late",
          "late"
        ],
        [
          "dearly",
          "dearly"
        ],
        [
          "departed",
          "departed"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "respectful",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(respectful) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 98 1",
          "roman": "wángfù",
          "sense": "one's deceased father",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "亡父"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 1",
          "roman": "xiānfù",
          "sense": "one's deceased father",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 98 1",
          "roman": "xiānkǎo",
          "sense": "one's deceased father",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "先考"
        }
      ]
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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          "_dis": "28 6 66",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
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          "orig": "zh:Male",
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            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
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          ],
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      ],
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          "people",
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        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ reng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soin¹ ring⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sianrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syān-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shianren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ reng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soiⁿ jîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上輩子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上辈子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāndài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先代"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiāngǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先古"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānjūn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先君"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānzǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先祖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "公婆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "公媽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "公妈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "早勻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "早匀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fùzǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "父祖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "huángkǎo",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "皇考"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zǔshàng",
      "word": "祖上"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zǔxiān",
      "word": "祖先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zǔzōng",
      "word": "祖宗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "老祖宗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老辈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiānmín",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先民"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "qiánrén",
      "word": "前人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǔrén",
      "word": "古人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǔdàirén",
      "word": "古代人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǔzhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "古者"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先人"
}

{
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    {
      "form": "先人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "senjin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "senzin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんじん",
      "roman": "senzin",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せんじん",
        "hhira": "せんじん"
      },
      "expansion": "先(せん)人(じん) • (senjin) ^(←せんじん (senzin)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "words of the ancients",
          "roman": "senjin no kotoba",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "先人",
              "せんじん"
            ],
            [
              "言葉",
              "ことば"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "先人の言葉"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancestors; forebears; forefathers"
      ],
      "id": "en-先人-ja-noun-O945C240",
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forebear",
          "forebear"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せんじん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先人"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "zh:Death",
    "zh:Family",
    "zh:Male",
    "zh:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "先人板板"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "先人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ancestors; forebears; forefathers"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forebear",
          "forebear"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the year of Mingdao, I returned to my home with my late father and saw him in my uncle’s home. He was twelve or thirteen years old by then.",
          "ref": "明道中,從先人還家,於舅家見之,十二三矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "明道中,从先人还家,于舅家见之,十二三矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 960–1127, Wang Anshi, 《傷仲永》\nMíngdào zhōng, cóng xiānrén huánjiā, yú jiù jiā jiàn zhī, shí'èr sān yǐ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deceased",
          "deceased"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "late",
          "late"
        ],
        [
          "dearly",
          "dearly"
        ],
        [
          "departed",
          "departed"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "respectful",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(respectful) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the ancients; people from ancient times; forefathers"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ reng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soin¹ ring⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sianrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syān-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shianren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xie¹ reng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soiⁿ jîng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕie¹¹ ʐə̃ŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sõĩ³³⁻²³ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上輩子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上辈子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāndài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先古"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānjūn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先君"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānzǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先祖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先辈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "公婆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "公媽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "公妈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "早勻"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "早匀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fùzǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "父祖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángkǎo",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "皇考"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔshàng",
      "word": "祖上"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔxiān",
      "word": "祖先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔzōng",
      "word": "祖宗"
    },
    {
      "word": "老祖宗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wángfù",
      "sense": "one's deceased father",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "亡父"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānfù",
      "sense": "one's deceased father",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先父"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānkǎo",
      "sense": "one's deceased father",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先考"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānmín",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先民"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánrén",
      "word": "前人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔrén",
      "word": "古人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔdàirén",
      "word": "古代人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔzhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "古者"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先人"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "先人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "senjin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "senzin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せんじん",
      "roman": "senzin",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せんじん",
        "hhira": "せんじん"
      },
      "expansion": "先(せん)人(じん) • (senjin) ^(←せんじん (senzin)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "words of the ancients",
          "roman": "senjin no kotoba",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "先人",
              "せんじん"
            ],
            [
              "言葉",
              "ことば"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "先人の言葉"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancestors; forebears; forefathers"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forebear",
          "forebear"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せんじん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先人"
}

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