先哲

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	philosophy; wise
simp. and trad. (先哲)		先	哲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-tiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianjhé
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chê²
    • Yale: syān-jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjer
    • Palladius: сяньчжэ (sjanʹčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ zit³
    • Yale: sīn jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-tiat
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siendiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ tiɛt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sen trjet

Rime
Character	先	哲
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	蘇前切	陟列切
Baxter	sen	trjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sen/	/ʈˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sen/	/ʈᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛn/	/ȶiæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛn/	/ʈiat̚/
Li Rong	/sen/	/ȶjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/sien/	/ȶĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/sien/	/ȶi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin1	zit3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤər  tr[e]t/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːn  ʔl'ed/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	先	哲
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiān	zhé
Middle Chinese	‹ sen ›	‹ trjet ›
Old Chinese	/*sˁər/	/*tr[e]t/
English	first	wise
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	先	哲
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	13458	16941
Phonetic component	先	折
Rime group	文	月
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	先	哲
Old Chinese	/*sɯːn/	/*ʔl'ed/

Noun

先哲

1. great thinker of the past; sage

Synonyms

• 先賢／先贤 (xiānxián) (literary)
• 先達／先达 (xiāndá) (literary)
• 前賢／前贤 (qiánxián) (literary)