前提

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	to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)
trad. (前提)		前	提
simp. #(前提)		前	提
alternative forms		前題／前题
anagram		提前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiántí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ tai⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-thê / chiân-tê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ ti⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiántí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciántí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-tʻi²
    • Yale: chyán-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyantyi
    • Palladius: цяньти (cjanʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 前提 前蹄

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ tai⁴
    • Yale: chìhn tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-thê
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-thê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cientee
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ tʰe²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² tʰe¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² tʰe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-tê
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciendee
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ te²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoin⁵ ti⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ thî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/

Noun

前提

1. (logic) premise
2. prerequisite; precondition; presupposition

   在……前提下  ―  zài...... qiántí xià  ―  conditional upon...

Synonyms

• (prerequisite):

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• 先決條件 / 先决条件 (xiānjué tiáojiàn)
• 條件 / 条件 (tiáojiàn)
• 要求 (yāoqiú)
• 訴求 / 诉求 (sùqiú)
• 請求 / 请求 (qǐngqiú)
• 需求 (xūqiú)
• 需要 (xūyào)

 

Derived terms

• 大前提 (dàqiántí)
• 小前提 (xiǎoqiántí)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	提
ぜん Grade: 2	てい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんてー [zèńtéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞nte̞ː]

Noun

前(ぜん)提(てい) • (zentei) 

1. prerequisite
   • 1983, 工藤紀夫 Kudō Norio, 基本定石　再点検 Basic joseki: reinspection, in レッツ碁 1983(3), p23

     △やＡの黒石がこの定石の前提。

     △やＡのくろいしがこのじょうせきのぜんてい。
     △ ya A no kuroishi ga kono jōseki no zentei.
     A black stone at A or △ is a prerequisite for this joseki.