空前絕後

See also: 空前绝后 and 空前絶後

Chinese

		unprecedented; as never before	to be never repeated; to never happen again in the future; to have no offspring
trad. (空前絕後)		空前	絕後
simp. (空前绝后)		空前	绝后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngqiánjuéhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ cin⁴ zyut⁶ hau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khong-chhiân chit-hǎu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngqiánjuéhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongciánjyuéhòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chʻien²-chüeh²-hou⁴
    • Yale: kūng-chyán-jywé-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongchyanjyuehow
    • Palladius: кунцяньцзюэхоу (kuncjanʹczjuexou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ cin⁴ zyut⁶ hau⁶
    • Yale: hūng chìhn jyuht hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ tsin⁴ dzyt⁹ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ qin⁴ jud⁶ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡syːt̚² hɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-chhiân chit-hǎu
    • Tâi-lô: khong-tshiân tsit-hǎu
    • IPA (Longyan): /kʰoŋ³³⁴ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹ t͡sit̚⁵⁻³⁴ hau⁵³/

Idiom

空前絕後

1. unprecedented and never to be duplicated; the first and the last; unmatched; unique

References

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “空前绝后”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 487.