近前

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	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
trad. (近前)		近	前
simp. #(近前)		近	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ cin⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jin-zhi₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìncián
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: jìn-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnchyan
    • Palladius: цзиньцянь (czinʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan⁶ cin⁴
    • Yale: gahn chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶jin-zhi₆
    • MiniDict: jin^去 zhi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjin-xxi₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑin²² ʑi⁴⁴/

Verb

近前

1. (literary) to advance forward
2. (literary) to approach

   • 炙手可熱勢絕倫，慎莫近前丞相嗔。 [MSC, trad.]
     炙手可热势绝伦，慎莫近前丞相嗔。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, Du Fu, Fair Ladies: A Ballad (《麗人行》), translation by Stephen Owen, The Poetry of Du Fu

     Zhìshǒukěrè shì juélún, shèn mò jìnqián chéngxiàng chēn. [Pinyin]

     Heat that can burn the hands, power beyond all measure―
     Take care not to come close before the Minister's angry glare!

Synonyms

• (to approach):

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• 守 (shǒu)
• 挨 (āi)
• 挨著／挨着 (āizhe)
• 接觸／接触 (jiēchù)
• 搭倚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 攏／拢 (lǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 攏邊／拢边 (long³ bienn¹) (Xiang)
• 沾
• 涉獵／涉猎 (shèliè)
• 湊／凑 (còu)
• 觸及／触及 (chùjí)
• 靠攏／靠拢 (kàolǒng)
• 靠近 (kàojìn)

 

Noun

近前

1. (literary) nearby; vicinity; proximity

Synonyms

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• 側近／侧近 (cèjìn)
• 在近 (Hokkien)
• 左近 (zuǒjìn)
• 旁邊壗頭／旁边𡋤头 (⁶baon-bi-he-deu) (Wu)
• 近旁 (jìnpáng)
• 近處／近处 (jìnchù)
• 鄰近／邻近 (línjìn)
• 附近 (fùjìn)
• 頭到／头到 (Jinjiang Hokkien)