原先

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (原先)		原	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ sin¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-sian / goân-suiⁿ / goân-seng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnioe-shi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): yenn² sienn¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánsian
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-hsien¹
    • Yale: ywán-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshian
    • Palladius: юаньсянь (juanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ sin¹
    • Yale: yùhn sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sian
    • Tâi-lô: guân-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goansiefn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-suiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: guân-suinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goansvuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² suĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-seng
    • Tâi-lô: guân-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goansefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnioe-shi
    • MiniDict: nyoe^去 shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyyoe-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲyø²² ɕi⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: yenn² sienn¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /y̯ẽ¹³ si̯ẽ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /y̯ẽ¹³ ɕi̯ẽ³³/

Adverb

原先

1. originally

   原先係畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   原先系畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jyun⁴ sin¹ hai⁶ bei² nei⁵ sik⁶ ge³. [Jyutping]

   It was originally for you to eat.

Synonyms

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• 一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
• 上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
• 乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 先前 (¹shi-zhi) (Wu)
• 先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
• 先頭／先头 (Wu)
• 最初 (zuìchū)
• 初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
• 原 (yuán)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 原初 (yuánchū)
• 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
• 原旦 (Hakka)
• 原本 (yuánběn)
• 原本榻裡／原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
• 在本 (Hokkien)
• 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
• 寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
• 就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
• 本來／本来 (běnlái)
• 本則來／本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
• 本底 (Hokkien)
• 本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
• 本成 (Hokkien)
• 本然 (Hokkien)
• 本生 (⁵pen-san) (Wu)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
• 當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自本 (Hokkien)
• 舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
• 起先 (qǐxiān)
• 起初 (qǐchū)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
• 開先／开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
• 開初／开初 (kāichū)
• 頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
• 頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
• 頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)

 

Adjective

原先

1. (attributive) original

   原先計劃／原先计划  ―  yuánxiān jìhuà  ―  original plan; as originally planned

Synonyms

• 原初 (yuánchū)