先賢

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	worthy (person)
trad. (先賢)		先	賢
simp. (先贤)		先	贤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-hiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siansián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-hsien²
    • Yale: syān-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshyan
    • Palladius: сяньсянь (sjanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: sīn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hiân
    • Tâi-lô: sian-hiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienhieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn²³/

Noun

先賢

1. (literary) sages of the past

Synonyms

• 先哲 (xiānzhé)
• 先達／先达 (xiāndá) (literary)
• 前賢／前贤 (qiánxián) (literary)