前定

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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
 
to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
 
trad. (前定)
simp. #(前定)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (15) (7)
Final () (85) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter dzen dengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zen/ /deŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zen/ /deŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zɛn/ /dɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zɛn/ /dɛjŋH/
Li
Rong
/d͡zen/ /deŋH/
Wang
Li
/d͡zien/ /dieŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱien/ /dʱieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qián dìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin4 ding6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qián dìng dìng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzen › ‹ dengH › ‹ dengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁen/ (~ *m-dzˁen) /*N-tˁeŋ-s/ /*m-tˁeŋ-s/
English before become fixed; settled (v.i.) make fixed, settle (v.t.)

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
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 10256 17187
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zleːn/ /*deːŋs/
Notes

Verb

前定

  1. to be previously determined; to be predetermined
  2. to be predestined

Noun

前定

  1. predetermination; preparation in advance
  2. destiny; fate; predestination
  3. (Islam) qadar