# 優先
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yōuxiān
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^1$ sin$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-siên
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iu-sian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iu$^1$ soin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yōuxiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yousian
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^1$-hsien$^1$
*** Yale: yōu-syān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioushian
*** Palladius: юсянь (jusjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^1$ sin$^1$
*** Yale: yāu sīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^1$ sin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^1$ xin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-siên
*** Hakka Romanization System: iu$^ˊ$ xien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^1$ xian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-siên
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu$^ˊ$ xien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^1$ xian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-sian
*** Tâi-lô: iu-sian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iusiefn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ siɛn³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iu$^1$ soin$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iu soiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /iu³³⁻²³ sõĩ³³/

### Verb

優先
* to have priority; to take precedence
    優先目標／优先目标 ― yōuxiān mùbiāo ― priority
    優先通道／优先通道 ― yōuxiān tōngdào ― priority lane
    優先登機／优先登机 ― yōuxiān dēngjī ― priority boarding

#### Derived terms

* 優先座／优先座 (yōuxiānzuò)
* 優先權／优先权 (yōuxiānquán)
* 優先股／优先股
* 女士優先／女士优先 (nǚshì yōuxiān)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 優 | 先 |
| ゆう Grade: 6 | せん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ゆうせん [yùúséń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [jɯ̟ːsẽ̞ɴ]

### Noun

優(ゆう)先(せん) • (yūsen)
* priority

#### Antonyms

* 劣後(れつご) (retsugo, “posteriority”)

### Verb

優(ゆう)先(せん)する • (yūsen suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 優(ゆう)先(せん)し (yūsen shi), past 優(ゆう)先(せん)した (yūsen shita))
* take priority

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 優先し | ゆうせんし | yūsen shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 優先し | ゆうせんし | yūsen shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 優先する | ゆうせんする | yūsen suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 優先する | ゆうせんする | yūsen suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 優先すれ | ゆうせんすれ | yūsen sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 優先せよ¹ 優先しろ² | ゆうせんせよ¹ ゆうせんしろ² | yūsen seyo¹ yūsen shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 優先される | ゆうせんされる | yūsen sareru |
| Causative | 優先させる 優先さす | ゆうせんさせる ゆうせんさす | yūsen saseru yūsen sasu |
| Potential | 優先できる | ゆうせんできる | yūsen dekiru |
| Volitional | 優先しよう | ゆうせんしよう | yūsen shiyō |
| Negative | 優先しない | ゆうせんしない | yūsen shinai |
| Negative continuative | 優先せず | ゆうせんせず | yūsen sezu |
| Formal | 優先します | ゆうせんします | yūsen shimasu |
| Perfective | 優先した | ゆうせんした | yūsen shita |
| Conjunctive | 優先して | ゆうせんして | yūsen shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 優先すれば | ゆうせんすれば | yūsen sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 優 | 先 |

### Noun

優先 • (useon) (hangeul 우선)
* hanja form of 우선 (“priority”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 優 | 先 |

### Adjective

優先
* chữ Hán form of ưu tiên (“prioritised; preferred”).

### Verb

優先
* chữ Hán form of ưu tiên (“to prioritize”).