眼前

Chinese

		eye	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (眼前)		眼	前
simp. #(眼前)		眼	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yǎnqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нянчян (ni͡anči͡an, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ cin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngién-chhièn / ngián-chhièn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gán-chiân / gán-chêng / gián-chêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang² zoin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎncián
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-chʻien²
    • Yale: yǎn-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanchyan
    • Palladius: яньцянь (janʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нянчян (ni͡anči͡an, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niæ̃⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ cin⁴
    • Yale: ngáahn chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngien` qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian<sup>3</sup> qian<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en³¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngian` qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an³¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: gán-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gafncieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: gán-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gafnzeeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gián-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: gián-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giefnzeeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngang² zoin⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngáng tsôiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/

Noun

眼前

1. before one's eyes
2. the present; the current moment; right now; immediate

   眼前利益  ―  yǎnqián lìyì  ―  immediate interests

Synonyms

• (before one's eyes): (Hokkien) 目睭前
• (the present):

• 刻下 (kèxià)
• 當前／当前 (dāngqián)
• 目下 (mùxià) (literary)
• 目前 (mùqián)
• 眼下 (yǎnxià)

 

Derived terms

• 不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前／不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 (bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián)
• 光棍不吃眼前虧／光棍不吃眼前亏
• 吃眼前虧／吃眼前亏
• 好漢不吃眼前虧／好汉不吃眼前亏 (hǎohàn bù chī yǎnqián kuī)
• 擺在眼前／摆在眼前
• 火燒眉毛，且顧眼前／火烧眉毛，且顾眼前
• 眼前歡／眼前欢
• 眼前花
• 眼前花發／眼前花发
• 近在眼前
• 遠在天邊，近在眼前／远在天边，近在眼前