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前夜

前夜

Chinese

		before; in front; ago before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front	night
simp. and trad. (前夜)		前	夜

Noun

前夜

eve, the night before

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	夜
ぜん Grade: 2	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi
IPA^(key): [zẽ̞ɴ.ja̠]

Noun

前夜 ‎(hiragana ぜんや, romaji zen'ya)

eve, the night before

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qiányè

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ je⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chêng-iā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: qiányè
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanyeh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    前夜
    前葉／前叶
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ je⁶
  - Yale: chìhn yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ je⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jɛː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-iā
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'ia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² ia²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ia³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ ia³³/