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early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
man; person; people
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simp. and trad.
(先人)
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Pronunciation
Noun
先人
- ancestors; forebears; forefathers
- (respectful) one's deceased father; my late father; my dearly departed father
- the ancients; people from ancient times; forefathers
Synonyms
- 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
- 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
- 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
- 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
- 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
- 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
- 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
- 公婆 (Hokkien)
- 公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
- 早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
- 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
- 祖上 (zǔshàng)
- 祖先 (zǔxiān)
- 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
- 老祖宗
- 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)
- (one's deceased father): (literary) 亡父 (wángfù), (literary) 先父 (xiānfù), (literary) 先考 (xiānkǎo)
- (the ancients):
- 先民 (xiānmín) (literary)
- 前人 (qiánrén)
- 古人 (gǔrén)
- 古代人 (gǔdàirén)
- 古者 (gǔzhě) (literary)
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
先人 • (senjin) ←せんじん (senzin)?
- ancestors; forebears; forefathers
- 先人の言葉
- senjin no kotoba
- words of the ancients
References