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先見之明

先見之明

See also: 先见之明

Chinese

		foresight; prescience; foreknowledge foresight; prescience; foreknowledge; forethought; prophetic vision	's; him/her/it; this	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (先見之明)		先見	之	明
simp. (先见之明)		先见	之	明

Idiom

先見之明

prophetic vision; foresight; being ahead of one's time

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiānjiànzhīmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ gin³ zi¹ ming⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sian-kiàn-chi-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānjiànzhīmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjiannjyming
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ gin³ zi¹ ming⁴
  - Yale: sīn gin jī mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ gin³ dzi¹ ming⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ kiːn³³ t͡siː⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-kiàn-chi-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: sian-kiàn-tsi-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienkiernci'beeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕi³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/