先人

Chinese

 
early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(先人)

Pronunciation


Noun

先人

  1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers
  2. (respectful) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father
  3. the ancients; people from ancient times; forefathers

Synonyms

  • (ancestors):
  • (one's deceased father): (literary) 亡父 (wángfù), (literary) 先父 (xiānfù), (literary) 先考 (xiānkǎo)
  • (the ancients):

Derived terms

  • 先人板板

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 1
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじん [sèńjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

(せん)(じん) • (senjin) せんじん (senzin)?

  1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers
    先人(せんじん)言葉(ことば)
    senjin no kotoba
    words of the ancients

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.