先代

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (先代)		先	代
anagram		代先

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāndài

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāndài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siandài
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tai⁴
  - Yale: syān-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianday
  - Palladius: сяньдай (sjanʹdaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

先代

(literary) forefathers; predecessors
(literary) antiquity; ancient times

Synonyms

(forefathers):

上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
先人 (xiānrén)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
公婆 (Min Nan)
公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
早勻／早匀 (Min Nan)
父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
祖上 (zǔshàng)
祖先 (zǔxiān)
祖宗 (zǔzōng)
老祖宗
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

(antiquity):

上古 (shànggǔ)
元古 (yuángǔ)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
古代 (gǔdài)
古早 (gǔzǎo) (chiefly Min)
古時／古时 (gǔshí)
太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
邃古 (suìgǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	代
せん Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんだい [sèńdáí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nda̠i]

Noun

先(せん)代(だい) • (sendai)

the previous head of a family
the previous head of a shop or company
the previous performer of the same name
the previous generation

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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