生前

Chinese

	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	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. (生前)	生	前
simp. ^#(生前)	生	前
anagram	前生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngqián

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ cin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-chhièn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sng-chiân / seng-chiân / sng-chûiⁿ / siⁿ-chêng / seⁿ-chêng / seng-chêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengcián
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻien²
  - Yale: shēng-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchyan
  - Palladius: шэнцянь (šɛncjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ cin⁴
  - Yale: sāang chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ qien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ qian²
  - Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: sng-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngcieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ t͡siɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: sing-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengcieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-chûiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sng-tsuînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngzvuii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ t͡suĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svizeeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: senn-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svezeeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: sing-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengzeeng
  - IPA (Singapore): /seŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡seŋ²⁴/

Noun

生前

during one's lifetime (of the deceased); while still alive

Adjective

生前

(attributive) prenatal

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	前
せい Grade: 1	ぜん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

生(せい)前(ぜん) • (seizen)

during one's lifetime, while still alive