# 先前
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiānqián
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^1$ cin$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): siên-chhièn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xiên$^1$ qiên$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): sáing-chîng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-chiân
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$shi-zhi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sienn$^1$ zienn$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiānqián
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siancián
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^1$-chʻien$^2$
*** Yale: syān-chyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianchyan
*** Palladius: сяньцянь (sjanʹcjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^1$ cin$^4$
*** Yale: sīn chìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^1$ tsin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^1$ qin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chhièn
*** Hakka Romanization System: xien$^ˊ$ qien$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xian$^1$ qian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiên$^1$ qiên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sáing-chîng
*** Sinological IPA : /saiŋ⁵⁴ t͡sʰiŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-chiân
*** Tâi-lô: sian-tsiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siencieen
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ t͡siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shi-zhi
*** MiniDict: shi$^平$ zhi
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$xi-xxi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʑi²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: sienn$^1$ zienn$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /si̯ẽ³³ t͡si̯ẽ¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /ɕi̯ẽ³³ t͡ɕi̯ẽ¹³/

### Adverb

先前
* before; previously
* (Wu) originally

#### Synonyms

* (before):
* 上早 (Hakka)
* 以前 (yǐqián)
* 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)
* 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
* 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)
* (originally):
* 一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
* 上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
* 乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
* 先頭／先头 (Wu)
* 最初 (zuìchū)
* 初初 (co$^1$ co$^1$) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
* 劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
* 原 (yuán)
* 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
* 原先 (yuánxiān)
* 原初 (yuánchū)
* 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
* 原旦 (Hakka)
* 原本 (yuánběn)
* 原本榻裡／原本榻里 ($^6$gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
* 在本 (Hokkien)
* 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
* 寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
* 就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 早先 ($^5$tsau-shi) (Wu)
* 本來／本来 (běnlái)
* 本則來／本则来 ($^5$pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
* 本底 (Hokkien)
* 本底子 ($^5$pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
* 本成 (Hokkien)
* 本然 (Hokkien)
* 本生 ($^5$pen-san) (Wu)
* 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
* 當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
* 當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 自本 (Hokkien)
* 舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
* 起先 (qǐxiān)
* 起初 (qǐchū)
* 起始 (qǐshǐ)
* 起手 (qǐshǒu)
* 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
* 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
* 開先／开先 (kai$^1$ sienn$^1$) (Xiang)
* 開初／开初 (kāichū)
* 頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
* 頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
* 頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)