先民

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (先民)		先	民

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānmín

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ man⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-bîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānmín
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianmín
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-min²
  - Yale: syān-mín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianmin
  - Palladius: сяньминь (sjanʹminʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ min³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ man⁴
  - Yale: sīn màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: sian-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienbiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³/

Noun

先民

(literary) people of old; the ancients
(literary) ancient sage

Synonyms

(people of old):

先人 (xiānrén)
前人 (qiánrén)
古人 (gǔrén)
古代人 (gǔdàirén)
古者 (gǔzhě) (literary)

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