See 其先 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(literary) previously; in the past; before"
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],
"word": "上早"
},
{
"roman": "yǐqián",
"word": "以前"
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],
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{
"roman": "xiānqián",
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{
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"word": "先行"
},
{
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],
"word": "前仔"
},
{
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],
"word": "前往"
},
{
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],
"word": "原在"
},
{
"roman": "gǔzhě",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "古者"
},
{
"roman": "xiànglái",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "向來"
},
{
"roman": "xiànglái",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "向来"
},
{
"english": "or used in compounds",
"roman": "cháng",
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"word": "嘗"
},
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"word": "尝"
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"word": "家先"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "往擺"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往摆"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往擺仔"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往摆仔"
},
{
"roman": "wǎngzhě",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "往者"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往過"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往过"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往過仔"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往过仔"
},
{
"roman": "cóngqián",
"word": "從前"
},
{
"roman": "cóngqián",
"word": "从前"
},
{
"roman": "zǎoxiān",
"word": "早先"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "早年所"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "早時"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "早时"
},
{
"roman": "xīrì",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "昔日"
},
{
"roman": "xīshí",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "昔時"
},
{
"roman": "xīshí",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "昔时"
},
{
"word": "曾"
},
{
"roman": "céngjīng",
"word": "曾經"
},
{
"roman": "céngjīng",
"word": "曾经"
},
{
"roman": "dāngchū",
"word": "當初"
},
{
"roman": "dāngchū",
"word": "当初"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "舊擺"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "旧摆"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "舊早"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "旧早"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hainanese"
],
"word": "過前"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hainanese"
],
"word": "过前"
}
],
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"literary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "qíxiān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "kei⁴ sin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "qíxiān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "císian"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻi²-hsien¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chí-syān"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chyishian"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "цисянь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "cisjanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kèih sīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kei⁴ sin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "kéi⁴ xin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "其先"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "adv",
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"previously; in the past; before"
],
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"previously",
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],
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"in the past",
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"(literary) previously; in the past; before"
],
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],
"zh-pron": "qíxiān"
},
{
"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "kei⁴ sin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "qíxiān"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢ"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "císian"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chʻi²-hsien¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chí-syān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "chyishian"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "цисянь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "cisjanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "kèih sīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "kei⁴ sin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "kéi⁴ xin¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰei̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hakka"
],
"word": "上早"
},
{
"roman": "yǐqián",
"word": "以前"
},
{
"roman": "ī-cā",
"tags": [
"Eastern",
"Min",
"Taiwanese-Hokkien"
],
"word": "以早"
},
{
"roman": "xiānqián",
"word": "先前"
},
{
"roman": "xiānxíng",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "先行"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tainan"
],
"word": "前仔"
},
{
"roman": "qiánwǎng",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "前往"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka"
],
"word": "原在"
},
{
"roman": "gǔzhě",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "古者"
},
{
"roman": "xiànglái",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "向來"
},
{
"roman": "xiànglái",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "向来"
},
{
"english": "or used in compounds",
"roman": "cháng",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "嘗"
},
{
"english": "or used in compounds",
"roman": "cháng",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "尝"
},
{
"roman": "zàiqián",
"word": "在前"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka"
],
"word": "家先"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往擺"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往摆"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往擺仔"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往摆仔"
},
{
"roman": "wǎngzhě",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "往者"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往過"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往过"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往過仔"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "往过仔"
},
{
"roman": "cóngqián",
"word": "從前"
},
{
"roman": "cóngqián",
"word": "从前"
},
{
"roman": "zǎoxiān",
"word": "早先"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "早年所"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "早時"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "早时"
},
{
"roman": "xīrì",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "昔日"
},
{
"roman": "xīshí",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "昔時"
},
{
"roman": "xīshí",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "昔时"
},
{
"word": "曾"
},
{
"roman": "céngjīng",
"word": "曾經"
},
{
"roman": "céngjīng",
"word": "曾经"
},
{
"roman": "dāngchū",
"word": "當初"
},
{
"roman": "dāngchū",
"word": "当初"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "舊擺"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "旧摆"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "舊早"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "旧早"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hainanese"
],
"word": "過前"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hainanese"
],
"word": "过前"
}
],
"word": "其先"
}
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