先驗

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to examine; to test; to check
trad. (先驗)		先	驗
simp. (先验)		先	验

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianyàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-yen⁴
    • Yale: syān-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianyann
    • Palladius: сяньянь (sjanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ jim⁶
    • Yale: sīn yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jiːm²²/

Adjective

先驗

1. (philosophy) a priori

Antonyms

• 後驗／后验 (hòuyàn)

Derived terms

• 先驗主義 / 先验主义 (xiānyàn zhǔyì)
• 先驗論 / 先验论