前身

Chinese

		before; in front; ago before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (前身)		前	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ san¹
Min Nan (POJ): chiân-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiánshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ san¹
  - Yale: chìhn sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciensyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn²³⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

前身

forerunner; predecessor; previous form
(Buddhism) previous incarnation, past life
front part of a Chinese garment

Synonyms

(front part of a Chinese garment): 前襟

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (前身):

Japanese: 前 (ぜん)身 (しん) (zenshin)
Korean: 전신 (前身, jeonsin)
Vietnamese: tiền thân (前身)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	身
ぜん Grade: 2	しん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

前身 (hiragana ぜんしん, rōmaji zenshin)

a person's past
the previous state of an organization
predecessor; ancestor

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