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"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "先是",
"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Past",
"orig": "zh:Past",
"parents": [
"Time",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "First, he was fired by his company for something trivial. Then, after finding a part-time job with much difficulty, because someone complained that he keeps giving back the wrong change, his boss fired him in a fury. In the end, he even broke up with his girlfriend who was living together with him for five years because of two-timing.",
"ref": "先是因為一些小事而被公司解僱，接着好不容易在便利店找到份part-time，結果竟然因為被投訴成日找錯錢，老闆一氣之下把他辭退，最後連同居了五年的女朋友亦因為一腳踏兩船而分手！ [Cantonese, trad.]",
"text": "先是因为一些小事而被公司解雇，接着好不容易在便利店找到份part-time，结果竟然因为被投诉成日找错钱，老板一气之下把他辞退，最后连同居了五年的女朋友亦因为一脚踏两船而分手！ [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2016, 超媒體編輯組, 香港盂蘭夜話, page 75\nsin¹ si⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ se¹ siu² si⁶ ji⁴ bei⁶ gung¹ si¹ gaai² gu³, zip³ zoek⁶ hou² bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ zoi⁶ bin⁶ lei⁶ dim³ zaau² dou³ fan⁶ paat¹ taai¹, git³ gwo² ging² jin⁴ jan¹ wai⁶ bei⁶ tau⁴ sou³ seng⁴ jat⁶ zaau² co³ cin⁴⁻², lou⁵ baan² jat¹ hei³ zi¹ haa⁶ baa² taa¹ ci⁴ teoi³, zeoi³ hau⁶ lin⁴ tung⁴ geoi¹ liu⁵ ng⁵ nin⁴ dik¹ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵ jik⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴ ji⁴ fan¹ sau²! [Jyutping]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"previous to now"
],
"id": "en-先是-zh-conj-xA5Z4A9z",
"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) previous to now"
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "xiānshì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "si¹ si⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "xiānshì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "sianshìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hsien¹-shih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "syān-shr̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shianshyh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "сяньши"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "sjanʹši"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "si¹ si⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sī sih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "si¹ si⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"zh-pron": "xi¹ xi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/siː⁵⁵ siː²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/siː⁵⁵ siː²²/"
}
],
"word": "先是"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "先是",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "conj",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese terms with homophones",
"Cantonese terms with quotations",
"Chinese conjunctions",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese literary terms",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin conjunctions",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with homophones",
"zh:Past"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "First, he was fired by his company for something trivial. Then, after finding a part-time job with much difficulty, because someone complained that he keeps giving back the wrong change, his boss fired him in a fury. In the end, he even broke up with his girlfriend who was living together with him for five years because of two-timing.",
"ref": "先是因為一些小事而被公司解僱，接着好不容易在便利店找到份part-time，結果竟然因為被投訴成日找錯錢，老闆一氣之下把他辭退，最後連同居了五年的女朋友亦因為一腳踏兩船而分手！ [Cantonese, trad.]",
"text": "先是因为一些小事而被公司解雇，接着好不容易在便利店找到份part-time，结果竟然因为被投诉成日找错钱，老板一气之下把他辞退，最后连同居了五年的女朋友亦因为一脚踏两船而分手！ [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2016, 超媒體編輯組, 香港盂蘭夜話, page 75\nsin¹ si⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ se¹ siu² si⁶ ji⁴ bei⁶ gung¹ si¹ gaai² gu³, zip³ zoek⁶ hou² bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ zoi⁶ bin⁶ lei⁶ dim³ zaau² dou³ fan⁶ paat¹ taai¹, git³ gwo² ging² jin⁴ jan¹ wai⁶ bei⁶ tau⁴ sou³ seng⁴ jat⁶ zaau² co³ cin⁴⁻², lou⁵ baan² jat¹ hei³ zi¹ haa⁶ baa² taa¹ ci⁴ teoi³, zeoi³ hau⁶ lin⁴ tung⁴ geoi¹ liu⁵ ng⁵ nin⁴ dik¹ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵ jik⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴ ji⁴ fan¹ sau²! [Jyutping]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"previous to now"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) previous to now"
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "xiānshì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "si¹ si⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "xiānshì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "sianshìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hsien¹-shih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "syān-shr̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "shianshyh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "сяньши"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "sjanʹši"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "si¹ si⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "sī sih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "si¹ si⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"zh-pron": "xi¹ xi⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/siː⁵⁵ siː²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Hong-Kong",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/siː⁵⁵ siː²²/"
}
],
"word": "先是"
}
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