前世

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Chinese

front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
 
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
trad. (前世) 前 世
simp. #(前世) 前 世

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 前 世
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 祭 (35)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 昨先切 舒制切
Baxter dzen syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zen/ /ɕiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zen/ /ɕiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zɛn/ /ɕjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zɛn/ /ɕiajH/
Li
Rong 		/d͡zen/ /ɕiɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zien/ /ɕĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱien/ /ɕi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qián shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cin4 sai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 前 世
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qián shì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzen › ‹ syejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁen/ (~ *m-dzˁen) /*l̥ap-s/
English before generation

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 前 世
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10256 11537
Phonetic
component 		前 世
Rime
group 		元 蓋
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		前 丗
Old
Chinese 		/*zleːn/ /*hljebs/
Notes 本枼葉初文（文源）

Noun

前世

  1. (literary) previous era
  2. previous life; past life; past existence; previous incarnation

Synonyms

  • (previous era): 前代 (qiándài), 先世 (xiānshì)
  • (previous life):
Dialectal synonyms of 前世 (“previous life; previous existence; previous incarnation”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 前生, 前世
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 上輩子, 前世
Central Plains Mandarin Xuzhou 前世年
Cantonese Hong Kong 前世
Gan Lichuan 前世
Hakka Meixian 前生人
Dongguan (Qingxi) 前世
Heyuan (Bendihua) 前世
Wengyuan 前世
Liannan 前世
Jiexi 前世
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 前世
Changting 前世
Wuping 前世
Ninghua 前世
Ningdu 前世
Tonggu (Sandu) 頭世
Ganzhou (Panlong) 前世
Dayu 前生世
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 前生, 前世
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 前生, 前生人, 前世
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 前生, 前世
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 前生, 前世
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 前生, 前世
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 前世
Hong Kong 前世
Yangxi (Tangkou) 前世
Yangchun (Sanjia) 前世
Xinyi (Sihe) 前世
Xinyi (Qianpai) 前世
Gaozhou (Xindong) 前世
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 前世
Huazhou (Xin'an) 前世
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 前世
Lianjiang (Qingping) 前世
Mengshan (Xihe) 前世
Luchuan 前世
Huizhou Jixi 前世
Southern Min Xiamen 頂世, 頂世儂, 前世, 前世儂
Quanzhou 頂世, 頂世儂, 前世
Zhangzhou 頂世, 頂世儂, 前世, 前世儂
Tainan 頂世儂, 前世儂, 前世 GT
Manila (Hokkien) 頂世儂
Haikou 前世
Wu Suzhou 前世
Hangzhou 前世
Wenzhou 前世
Xiang Changsha 前世
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (前世):
  • → Japanese: 前(ぜん)世(せ) (zense)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前 世
ぜん
Grade: 2 		せ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

前(ぜん)世(せ) • (zense) 

  1. previous life; past life; past existence
  2. of a VTuber, another VTuber that was portrayed by the same person; past life
    • 2023 May 14, 天頂バス - VTuberの前世や魂の情報サイト‎:
      ですが、デビュー前からほぼ確定で前世がバレていました。
      However, even before her début, it was obvious what graduated VTuber she used to be.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
前世

Noun

前世 • (jeonse) (hangeul 전세)

  1. hanja form? of 전세 (“previous eras”)
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