先發制人
Appearance
See also: 先发制人
Chinese
[edit]early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop |
system; to make; to manufacture system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate |
man; person; people | ||
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trad. (先發制人) | 先 | 發 | 制 | 人 | |
simp. (先发制人) | 先 | 发 | 制 | 人 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄚ ㄓˋ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sianfajhìhrén
- Wade–Giles: hsien1-fa1-chih4-jên2
- Yale: syān-fā-jr̀-rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianfajyhren
- Palladius: сяньфачжижэнь (sjanʹfačžižɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sin1 faat3 zai3 jan4
- Yale: sīn faat jai yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin1 faat8 dzai3 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: xin1 fad3 zei3 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːn⁵⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sɐi̯³³ jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]先發制人
- to take the initiative to subdue the enemy; to take preemptive measures
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 先發制人,後發制於人 / 先发制人,后发制于人 (xiānfāzhìrén, hòufāzhìyúrén)