前景

Chinese

		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	bright; circumstance; scenery
trad. (前景)		前	景
simp. ^#(前景)		前	景

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánjǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ ging²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-kéng / chêng-kéng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánjǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánjǐng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-ching³
  - Yale: chyán-jǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanjiing
  - Palladius: цяньцзин (cjanʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ ging²
  - Yale: chìhn gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ ging²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ ging²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ kɪŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienkeang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengkeang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁵³/

Noun

前景

(literally) foreground; vision; vista; perspective
- 攝影師讓背景朦朧淡化，以凸顯前景的主題。 [MSC, trad.]
  摄影师让背景朦胧淡化，以凸显前景的主题。 [MSC, simp.]
  From:
  Shèyǐngshī ràng bèijǐng ménglóng dànhuà, yǐ tūxiǎn qiánjǐng de zhǔtí. [Pinyin]
  The photographer wanted the background to be misty and played down so that the main focus of the photograph (which was in the foreground) would be made more prominent.
(figuratively) future prospects
職業前景／职业前景 ― zhíyè qiánjǐng ― career prospects

商用前景 ― shāngyòng qiánjǐng ― commercial prospects

Synonyms

(future prospects):

出息
出路 (chūlù)
前程 (qiánchéng)
前途 (qiántú)
展望 (zhǎnwàng)
巴望 (bāwàng) (regional)
憧憬 (chōngjǐng)
望頭／望头 (uan⁵ dou) (Xiang)
望頭子／望头子 (uan⁵ dou zr) (Xiang)
盼頭／盼头 (pàntou) (colloquial)
遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)
願景／愿景 (yuànjǐng)

Related terms

背景 (bèijǐng)
佈景／布景 (bùjǐng)
遠景／远景 (yuǎnjǐng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	景
ぜん Grade: 2	けい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんけー [zèńkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ŋke̞ː]

Homophones: 全景, 前掲, 前傾

Noun

前(ぜん)景(けい) • (zenkei)

foreground
Synonym: 近景 (kinkei)

Antonym: 背景 (haikei)

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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