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領先

領先

See also: 领先

Chinese

		neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (領先)		領	先
simp. (领先)		领	先

Verb

領先

to lead; to be in the lead

Derived terms

遙遙領先／遥遥领先 (yáoyáo lǐngxiān)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): lǐngxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁵ sin¹
Min Nan (POJ): léng-sian / niá-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǐngxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liingshian
  - IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁵ sin¹
  - Yale: líhng sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁵ sin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ¹³ siːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-sian
  - Tâi-lô: líng-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lefngsiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niá-seng
  - Tâi-lô: niá-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niafsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/