先知

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (先知)		先	知

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ zi¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siên-tî

(Hailu, HRS): sien^ˋ di^ˋ
Northern Min (KCR): síng-dí
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seng¹ di¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-ti

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianjhih
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chih¹
  - Yale: syān-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjy
  - Palladius: сяньчжи (sjanʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ zi¹
  - Yale: sīn jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-tî
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ di^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ di¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ti²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sien^ˋ di^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /sien⁵³ ti⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: síng-dí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁴ ti⁵⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: seng¹ di¹ [Phonetic: seng⁵ di¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seng-di
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ti⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-ti
  - Tâi-lô: sian-ti
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siendy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ ti³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/

Verb

先知

to know beforehand; to have foresight

Synonyms

先覺／先觉 (xiānjué)

Noun

先知

person with foresight; visionary; advanced thinker
(religion) prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)
- 耶和華說：你們且聽我的話：你們中間若有先知，我─耶和華必在異象中向他顯現，在夢中與他說話。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  耶和华说：你们且听我的话：你们中间若有先知，我─耶和华必在异象中向他显现，在梦中与他说话。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From:
  1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 民數記 [Numbers] 12:6:
  Yēhéhuá shuō: nǐmen qiě tīng wǒ de huà: nǐmen zhōngjiān ruò yǒu xiānzhī, wǒ ─ Yēhéhuá bì zài yìxiàng zhōng xiàng tā xiǎnxiàn, zài mèngzhōng yǔ tā shuōhuà. [Pinyin]
  [The Lord] said, “Listen to my words: 'When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.'"

Synonyms

(person with foresight):

edit

先導 / 先导 (xiāndǎo)
先覺 / 先觉 (xiānjué)
先驅 / 先驱 (xiānqū)
先驅者 / 先驱者 (xiānqūzhě)

(prophet): 預言家／预言家 (yùyánjiā), 預言者／预言者 (yùyánzhě)

Derived terms

先知先覺 / 先知先觉
先覺先知 / 先觉先知
春江水暖鴨先知 / 春江水暖鸭先知 (chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī)
未卜先知 (wèibǔxiānzhī)