前日

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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
 
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
trad. (前日)
simp. #(前日)
anagram 日前

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (15) (38)
Final () (85) (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter dzen nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zen/ /ȵiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zen/ /ȵit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zɛn/ /ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zɛn/ /ȵit̚/
Li
Rong
/d͡zen/ /ȵiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/d͡zien/ /ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱien/ /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin4 jat6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qián
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzen › ‹ nyit ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁen/ (~ *m-dzˁen) /*C.nik/
English before sun; day

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 1/1
No. 10256 10845
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zleːn/ /*njiɡ/

Noun

前日

  1. day before yesterday
  2. (literary) the previous day; the before

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of day before yesterday): 後日后日 (hòurì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぜん
Grade: 2
じつ
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

(ぜん)(じつ) (zenjitsu

  1. the previous day; the day before

Coordinate terms

(Time)
(Day) (Week) (Month) (Year) (Morning) (Morning) (Evening) (Evening) (Night)
Every 毎日, 日日 毎週 毎月, 月月 毎年, 年年 毎朝 毎晩 毎夜
Every other 隔週 隔月 隔年
Whole 日間, 日中, 終日 週間 月間 年間, 年中, 終年 夜間, 夜中, 終夜
Half 半日 半月 半年
Absolute −3 一昨昨日, 一昨々日 一昨昨年, 再昨年
−2 一昨日 先々週 先々月 一昨年 一昨朝 一昨晩 一昨夜
−1 昨日 先週, 昨週 先月, 後月, 去月, 昨月 去年, 昨年, 旧年 昨暁 昨朝 昨夕 昨晩 昨夜
0 今日, 本日 今週 今月, 本月 今年, 本年 今暁 今朝 今夕 今晩, 今宵 今夜
+1 明日 来週, 次週 来月 来年, 明年 明朝 明晩 明夜
+2 明後日 再来週 再来月 再来年, 明後年
+3 明明後日, 弥の明後日
+4 弥の明後日, 明明後日, 明明明後日
Relative −2 前前日 前前週 前前月 前前年
−1 前日 前週 前月 前年 前夕 前夜
0 当日, 同日 当週 当月 当年, 同年 当夜
+1 翌日 翌週 翌月 翌年 翌朝 翌晩
+2 翌翌日 翌翌週 翌翌月 翌翌年
Usage note: 前 and 翌 may be repeated further or instead use the iteration mark