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Number: 688
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山開四平先從
ZIHUI: 0467 1866
Beijing: ćhian 12
Jinan: ćhiã 12
Xi'an: ćhiã 12
Taiyuan: ćhiɛ 1
Hankou: ćhian 12
Chengdu: ćhian 12
Yangzhou: ćhî̃ 12
Suzhou: zî 12
Wenzhou: ɦi 12
Changsha: ciẽ 12
Shuangfeng: ʒ́î̃ 12
Nanchang: ćhiɛn 12
Meixian: chiɛn 12
Guangzhou: čhin 12
Xiamen: cian 12 (lit.); cĩ 12; cîŋ 12
Chaozhou: choĩ 12
Fuzhou: chieŋ 12
Shanghai: zî 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: chien 12
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Modern (Beijing) reading: qián
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́ēn
Classic Old Chinese: ʒēn
Western Han Chinese: ʒjān
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒiān
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒiēn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒiēn
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒiēn
Middle Chinese: ʒien
English meaning : be before, former
Russian meaning[s]: 1) перед; передний; впереди; сокр. фронт; 2) предыдущий, прошедший; бывший; позавчера; прежде, раньше; до, до того как...; перед; ...тому назад; 3) послелог (часто с предшествующимили 當) заканчивает конструкцию обстоятельства времени или места; 4) быть раньше, случиться прежде; накануне; до того, перед; 5) продвигаться; вести вперед
Comments: For *ʒ́ cf. Xiamen cĩ2, Chaozhou cõĩ2, Fuzhou seŋ2.
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 18
Four-angle index: 2846
Karlgren code: 0245 a-d
Jianchuan Bai: ćɛ̃2-
Dali Bai: cɨ7-
Bijiang Bai: ʒa7-
Shijing occurrences: 38.1
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