"事先" meaning in Chinese

See 事先 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /siː²² siːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sɨ⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² siɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /su³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /su³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /su²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² suĩ³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /siː²² siːn⁵⁵/, /sɨ⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴/, /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² siɛn³³/, /su³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/, /su³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/, /su²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/, /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² suĩ³³/ Chinese transliterations: shìxiān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], si⁶ sin¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sṳ-siên [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sīr-sian, sū-sian, sīr-suiⁿ, shìxiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shìhsian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shih⁴-hsien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shr̀-syān [Mandarin, Yale], shyhshian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шисянь [Mandarin, Palladius], šisjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], sih sīn [Cantonese, Yale], si⁶ sin¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xi⁶ xin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sṳ-siên [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], sii^ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], xienˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], si⁴ xian¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], sīr-sian [Hokkien, POJ], sīr-sian [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sū-sian [Hokkien, POJ], sū-sian [Hokkien, Tai-lo], suxsiefn [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sīr-suiⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], sīr-suinn [Hokkien, Tai-lo]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 事先
  1. beforehand; in advance; prior Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: 事前 (shìqián), 提前 (tíqián), 預先 (yùxiān), 预先 (yùxiān), 頭裡 (tóuli) [colloquial], 头里 (tóuli) [colloquial]
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          "english": "The thief covered the security camera in advance.",
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          "roman": "Qièzéi shìxiān dǎngzhù le jiānkòng.",
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          "roman": "shìqián",
          "word": "事前"
        },
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          "word": "提前"
        },
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          "word": "預先"
        },
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          "word": "预先"
        },
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          ],
          "word": "頭裡"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tóuli",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "头里"
        }
      ]
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "sṳ-siên"
    },
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    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sū-sian"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sīr-suiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìhsian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shih⁴-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shr̀-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyhshian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шисянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šisjanʹ"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sih sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi⁶ xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² siːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sṳ-siên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sii^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xienˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁴ xian¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨ⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīr-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīr-sian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ⁴¹⁻²² siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sū-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sū-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suxsiefn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīr-suiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīr-suinn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ⁴¹⁻²² suĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sū-sian /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² siːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨ⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ⁴¹⁻²² siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ⁴¹⁻²² suĩ³³/"
    }
  ],
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}
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        "Jyutping"
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        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sīr-sian"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sū-sian"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sīr-suiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shìhsian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shih⁴-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shr̀-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shyhshian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шисянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šisjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sih sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi⁶ xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² siːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sṳ-siên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sii^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xienˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁴ xian¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨ⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīr-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīr-sian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ⁴¹⁻²² siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sū-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sū-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "suxsiefn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīr-suiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīr-suinn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ⁴¹⁻²² suĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sū-sian /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² siːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨ⁵⁵ si̯en²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ⁴¹⁻²² siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³³⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɯ⁴¹⁻²² suĩ³³/"
    }
  ],
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      "roman": "shìqián",
      "word": "事前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tíqián",
      "word": "提前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yùxiān",
      "word": "預先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yùxiān",
      "word": "预先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tóuli",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "頭裡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tóuli",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "头里"
    }
  ],
  "word": "事先"
}

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  "path": [
    "事先"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "事先",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.