早前

Chinese

		early; morning	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
trad. (早前)		早	前
simp. #(早前)		早	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎoqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² cin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chá-chêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎocián
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chʻien²
    • Yale: dzǎu-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaochyan
    • Palladius: цзаоцянь (czaocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² cin⁴
    • Yale: jóu chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsá-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafzeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²³/

Adverb

早前

1. previously; before

Synonyms

• 上早 (Hakka)
• 以前 (yǐqián)
• 先前 (xiānqián)
• 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
• 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
• 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
• 原在 (Hakka)
• 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
• 嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
• 在前 (zàiqián)
• 家先 (Hakka)
• 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
• 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
• 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
• 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 早先 (zǎoxiān)
• 早年所 (Hokkien)
• 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
• 曾
• 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 過前／过前 (Hainanese)