先秦

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	surname; name of a dynasty
trad. (先秦)		先	秦
simp. #(先秦)		先	秦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ ceon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siancín
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chʻin²
    • Yale: syān-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianchyn
    • Palladius: сяньцинь (sjanʹcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ ceon⁴
    • Yale: sīn chèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tsoen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ cên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn²¹/

Noun

先秦

1. pre-Qin dynasty (i.e. before 221 BCE)

   先秦時期／先秦时期  ―  xiānqín shíqī  ―  the pre-Qin period

Synonyms

• 三代 (sāndài)

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
		Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.