先慈

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
simp. and trad. (先慈)		先	慈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāncí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāncí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siancíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: syān-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantsyr
    • Palladius: сяньцы (sjanʹcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: sīn chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Noun

先慈

1. (literary) one's deceased mother

Synonyms

• 先妣 (xiānbǐ)
• 先母 (xiānmǔ)