先世

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (先世)		先	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-sè / sian-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: syān-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshyh
    • Palladius: сяньши (sjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 仙逝 先世 先是

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ sai³
    • Yale: sīn sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-sè
    • Tâi-lô: sian-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siensex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-sì
    • Tâi-lô: sian-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siensix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² si²¹/

Noun

先世

1. (literary) previous era; previous age; previous dynasty
2. (literary) forefathers; ancestors

Synonyms

• (previous era): 前代 (qiándài), (literary) 前世 (qiánshì)
• (forefathers): 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi), (literary) 先代 (xiāndài)