前夫

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	husband; man
trad. (前夫)		前	夫
simp. #(前夫)		前	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ fu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-fû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánfu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-fu¹
    • Yale: chyán-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanfu
    • Palladius: цяньфу (cjanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ fu¹
    • Yale: chìhn fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ fuː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-fû
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˇ fu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ fu²⁴/

Noun

前夫

1. ex-husband (former husband) or late husband

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 前夫 (“former husband; ex-husband”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		前夫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	前夫
Cantonese	Hong Kong	前夫
Southern Min	Xiamen	前翁
	Quanzhou	前翁
	Zhangzhou	前翁
	Jieyang	前翁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	夫
ぜん Grade: 2	ふ > ぷ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞mpɯ̟]

Noun

前(ぜん)夫(ぷ) • (zenpu) 

1. one's ex-husband, former husband separated by divorce

   Synonym: 先夫 (“senpu”)