前後左右

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Chinese

		front and rear; before and after; around front and rear; before and after; around; about	left and right; left and right sides; both sides
trad. (前後左右)		前後	左右
simp. (前后左右)		前后	左右

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánhòuzuǒyòu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ hau⁶ zo² jau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánhòuzuǒyòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánhòuzuǒyòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hou⁴-tso³-yu⁴
  - Yale: chyán-hòu-dzwǒ-yòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanhowtzuooyow
  - Palladius: цяньхоуцзою (cjanʹxouczoju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ hau⁶ zo² jau⁶
  - Yale: chìhn hauh jó yauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ hau⁶ dzo² jau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ heo⁶ zo² yeo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ hɐu̯²² t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯²²/

Noun

前後左右

front and back, left and right; all directions

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	後	左	右
ぜん Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2	さ Grade: 1	ゆう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんごさゆう (Atamadaka + Atamadaka)^[1]

Noun

前(ぜん)後(ご)左(さ)右(ゆう) • (zengosayū)

in all directions

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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