前夜

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	night
trad. (前夜)		前	夜
simp. #(前夜)		前	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiányè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ je⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-iā / chêng-iā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiányè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciányè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-yeh⁴
    • Yale: chyán-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanyeh
    • Palladius: цянье (cjanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ je⁶
    • Yale: chìhn yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jɛː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-iā
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien'ia
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ia²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-iā
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-iā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'ia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ia²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ ia³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² ia²²/

Noun

前夜

1. eve; the night before
2. the evening before last night; the evening before yesterday

Synonyms

• (the evening before last night): 前晚 (qiánwǎn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	夜
ぜん Grade: 2	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんや [zéꜜǹ'yà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃ja̠]

Noun

前(ぜん)夜(や) • (zen'ya) 

1. eve, the night before