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早先

早先

Chinese

		early; morning	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (早先)		早	先

Noun

早先

the past

Adverb

早先

previously; in the past; before

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zǎoxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² sin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chó-siên

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǎoxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoshian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² sin¹
  - Yale: jóu sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² sin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo` xien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zo³ xian¹
  - IPA: /t͡so³¹ ɕi̯en²⁴/