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從前

從前

See also: 从前

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	before; in front; ago before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front
trad. (從前)		從	前
simp. (从前)		从	前

Noun

從前

the past; past times; former times

Adverb

從前

previously; formerly; once upon a time; in the past

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cóngqián

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ cin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiùng-chhièn
Min Nan (POJ): chiông-chiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cóngqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongrchyan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ cin⁴
  - Yale: chùhng chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ tsin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiùng-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiungˇ qienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiung² qian²
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯uŋ¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: tsiông-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciongcieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɛn²³/