# 從前
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): cóngqián
       (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): цунчян (cunči͡an, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cung$^4$ cin$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): cung$^2$ qien$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhiùng-chhièn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qiung$^2$ qiên$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiông-chêng / chiông-chûiⁿ / chiông-chiân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cong$^5$ zoin$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$zon-zhi$_6$ / $^6$zon$_2$-zie$_2$ / $^2$zon-$^6$zhie$_2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cóngqián
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cóngcián
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻung$^2$-chʻien$^2$
*** Yale: tsúng-chyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngchyan
*** Palladius: цунцянь (cuncjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: цунчян (cunči͡an, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cung$^4$ cin$^4$
*** Yale: chùhng chìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsung$^4$ tsin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cung$^4$ qin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: cung$^2$ qien$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴ t͡ɕʰiɛn²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiùng-chhièn
*** Hakka Romanization System: qiung$^ˇ$ qien$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qiung$^2$ qian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯uŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qiung$^2$ qiên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiʊŋ¹¹ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-chêng
*** Tâi-lô: tsiông-tsîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciongzeeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-chûiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsiông-tsuînn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciongzvuii
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡suĩ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-chiân
*** Tâi-lô: tsiông-tsiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciongcieen
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɛn²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cong$^5$ zoin$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshông tsôiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sõĩ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zon-zhi$_6$
*** MiniDict: zon$^去$ zhi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zon-xxi$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoŋ²² ʑi⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zon$_2$-zie$_2$
*** MiniDict: zon$^平$ zie$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zoŋ²³ zɪ¹¹/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^2$zon-$^6$zhie$_2$
*** MiniDict: zon$^平$ zhie$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zoŋ¹³ ʑie³¹/

### Noun

從前
* the past; past times; former times
    From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《論誠意》
    Chéngwěi shì pǐnxìng, què yòu shì tàidù. Cóngqián lùn rén chéngwěi, dàgài jiù pǐnxìng éryán. [Pinyin]
    Sincerity and hypocrisy make up our moral character, but they also inform our attitude. In the past, when talking of sincerity and hypocrisy, discussions centred mostly on moral character.

#### Synonyms

* 以往 (yǐwǎng)
* 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
* 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
* 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
* 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
* 已往 (yǐwǎng)
* 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
* 往前 (wǎngqián)
* 往常 (wǎngcháng)
* 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
* 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
* 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
* 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
* 既往 (jìwǎng)
* 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
* 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
* 早日 (zǎorì)
* 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
* 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
* 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
* 曩昔 (nǎngxī) (literary)
* 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
* 當年／当年
* 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
* 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
* 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
* 舊𫢗時／旧𫢗时 (gu$^7$ diang$^1$ si$^5$) (Teochew)
* 舊底／旧底 (gau$^6$ dai$^2$) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
* 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
* 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
* 過去／过去 (guòqù)
* 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)
* 上早 (Hakka)
* 以前 (yǐqián)
* 先前 (xiānqián)
* 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
* 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
* 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
* 原在 (Hakka)
* 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
* 向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
* 嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
* 在前 (zàiqián)
* 家先 (Hakka)
* 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
* 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
* 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
* 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
* 早先 (zǎoxiān)
* 早年所 (Hokkien)
* 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
* 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
* 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
* 曾
* 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
* 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
* 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
* 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
* 過前／过前 (Hainanese)