提前

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	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. (提前)		提	前
simp. #(提前)		提	前
anagram		前提

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ cin⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì-chhièn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thê-chiân / thê-chûiⁿ / thê-chêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tícián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-chʻien²
    • Yale: tí-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyichyan
    • Palladius: тицянь (ticjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ cin⁴
    • Yale: tàih chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiˇ qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti² qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-chiân
    • Tâi-lô: thê-tsiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tecieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² t͡siɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-chûiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thê-tsuînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tezvuii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡suĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: thê-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tezeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰe²⁴⁻²¹ t͡seŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/

Verb

提前

1. to shift to an earlier date

   提前開會／提前开会  ―  tíqián kāihuì  ―  to shift the meeting to an earlier date

Synonyms

• 提早 (tízǎo)
• 進前／进前 (Hokkien)

 

Antonyms

• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 挨 (ái)
• 挨延 (Hokkien)
• 挨稽 (Hokkien)
• 挨臺／挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 捱延 (Hokkien)
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 捱稽 (Hokkien)
• 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
• 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
• 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
• 緩／缓 (huǎn)
• 耗 (regional)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱／耽搁
• 耽誤／耽误
• 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

 

Adverb

提前

1. in advance; earlier

Synonyms

• 事先 (shìxiān)
• 事前 (shìqián)
• 預先／预先 (yùxiān)
• 頭裡／头里 (tóuli) (colloquial)