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先行

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Chinese

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early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
simp. and trad.
(先行)

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sian-hêng - literary;
  • suiⁿ-kiâⁿ/seng-kiâⁿ - vernacular (to go ahead).

    Verb

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    先行

    1. to advance; to move forward
    2. to go ahead of the rest; to start off before the others

    Adjective

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    先行

    1. advance; ahead of the rest

    Adverb

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    先行

    1. (literary) before; previously
    2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) in advance; beforehand

    Synonyms

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    • (before):

    Noun

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    先行

    1. Short for 先行官 (xiānxíngguān, “commander of an advance unit”).

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    Japanese

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    Etymology 1

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    Kanji in this term
    さき
    Grade: 1
    ゆ(き)
    Grade: 2
    kun'yomi
    Alternative spelling
    先行き
    Kanji in this term
    さき
    Grade: 1
    い(き)
    Grade: 2
    kun'yomi
    Alternative spelling
    先行き

    Compound of (saki, point, tip; the front, the forward direction; the future) +‎ 行き (yuki, going, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 行く (yuku, to go), alternative reading for iku).[1][2][3][4]

    The sakiyuki reading is first cited to a text from 1678.[1]

    Less commonly encountered with the reading sakiiki, using the standard iki reading for the second half.[1][2][3][4] This variant is first cited to a text from 1686.[1]

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    Noun

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    (さき)(ゆき) or (さき)(いき) (sakiyuki or sakiiki

    1. [???] the first, the vanguard, the state of going out in front
    2. [from 1678] the future, prospects
    3. [from 1881] (finance) anticipated future movement in market prices

    Etymology 2

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    Kanji in this term
    せん
    Grade: 1
    こう
    Grade: 2
    on'yomi kan'on

    Ultimately from Middle Chinese 先行 (MC sen haeng, literally “preceding + to go”).

    First cited to a text from 833.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    (せん)(こう) (senkōせんかう (senkau)?

    1. preceding thing
      (せん)(こう)()(やく)(うけ)(つけ)(ちゅう)
      senkō yoyaku uketsukechū
      Pre-orders are being accepted.
      (literally, “Currently receiving preceding reservations.”)
    2. a lead, a pioneer
    3. something done prior to something else
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    Verb

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    (せん)(こう)する (senkō suruせんかう (senkau)?suru (stem (せん)(こう) (senkō shi), past (せん)(こう)した (senkō shita))

    1. [from 833] to go ahead of, to go in front of, to go first
      Synonym: 前行 (zenkō)
    2. [from 1887] to lead, to show the way
      Synonym: 導く (michibiku)
    3. [from 1928] to do something ahead of something else
      Synonym: 前行 (zenkō)
    Conjugation
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    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    5. 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.