"先民" meaning in Chinese

See 先民 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ min³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /siːn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ɕiɛn³³ bin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ min³⁵/, /siːn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/, /ɕiɛn³³ bin²⁴/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/ Chinese transliterations: xiānmín [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sin¹ man⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sian-bîn, xiānmín [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sianmín [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsien¹-min² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syān-mín [Mandarin, Yale], shianmin [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сяньминь [Mandarin, Palladius], sjanʹminʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], sīn màhn [Cantonese, Yale], sin¹ man⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xin¹ men⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sian-bîn [Hokkien, POJ], sian-bîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sienbiin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 先民
  1. (literary) people of old; the ancients Tags: literary Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-先民-zh-noun-UdPpQb8v Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (literary) ancient sage Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-先民-zh-noun-cKTThjzk Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 先人 (xiānrén), 前人 (qiánrén), 古人 (gǔrén), 古代人 (gǔdàirén), 古者 (gǔzhě) [literary]

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      "zh-pron": "sin¹ man⁴"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "xin¹ men⁴"
    },
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      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
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      "zh-pron": "sian-bîn"
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        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh-pron": "sian-bîn"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "sienbiin"
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn³³ bin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ min³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn³³ bin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xiānrén",
      "word": "先人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánrén",
      "word": "前人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔrén",
      "word": "古人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔdàirén",
      "word": "古代人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔzhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "古者"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先民"
}

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