前例

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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	example; precedent; rule example; precedent; rule; case; instance
trad. (前例)		前	例
simp. ^#(前例)		前	例

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánlì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ lai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-lē / chiân-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánlì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-li⁴
  - Yale: chyán-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanlih
  - Palladius: цяньли (cjanʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ lai⁶
  - Yale: chìhn laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ lɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-lē
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienle
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² le²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ le³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ le³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² le⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienli
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² li²²/

Noun

前例

precedent

Synonyms

例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
先例 (xiānlì)
判例 (pànlì) (law)
判決先例／判决先例 (pànjué xiānlì) (law)
成例 (chénglì)

Derived terms

史無前例／史无前例 (shǐwúqiánlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	例
ぜん Grade: 2	れい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

前(ぜん)例(れい) • (zenrei)

precedent

Synonyms

先例(せんれい) (senrei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
前	例

Noun

前例 • (jeollye) (hangeul 전례)

Hanja form^? of 전례 (“precedent”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
前	例

Noun

前例

chữ Hán form of tiền lệ (“precedent”).

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