前夜

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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	night
trad. (前夜)		前	夜
simp. ^#(前夜)		前	夜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiányè

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ je⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-iā / chêng-iā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiányè
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciányè
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-yeh⁴
  - Yale: chyán-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanyeh
  - Palladius: цянье (cjanʹje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    前夜
    前葉／前叶
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ je⁶
  - Yale: chìhn yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ je⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ yé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jɛː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-iā
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cien'ia
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ia²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-iā
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'ia
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ia³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ia²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ ia³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² ia²²/

Noun

前夜

eve; the night before
the evening before last night; the evening before yesterday

Synonyms

(the evening before last night): 前晚 (qiánwǎn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	夜
ぜん Grade: 2	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんや (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

前(ぜん)夜(や) • (zen'ya)

eve, the night before

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