優先

See also: 优先

Chinese

		excellent; superior	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (優先)		優	先
simp. (优先)		优	先

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ sin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-siên
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iu-sian

(Teochew, Peng'im): iu¹ soin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yousian
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹-hsien¹
  - Yale: yōu-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioushian
  - Palladius: юсянь (jusjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹ sin¹
  - Yale: yāu sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu^ˊ xien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ xian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu^ˊ xien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ xian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-sian
  - Tâi-lô: iu-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iusiefn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ siɛn³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iu¹ soin¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iu soiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu³³⁻²³ sõĩ³³/

Verb

優先

to have priority; to take precedence
優先目標／优先目标 ― yōuxiān mùbiāo ― priority

優先通道／优先通道 ― yōuxiān tōngdào ― priority lane

優先登機／优先登机 ― yōuxiān dēngjī ― priority boarding

Derived terms

優先座 / 优先座 (yōuxiānzuò)
優先權 / 优先权 (yōuxiānquán)
優先股 / 优先股
女士優先 / 女士优先 (nǚshì yōuxiān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
優	先
ゆう Grade: 6	せん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうせん [yùúséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

優(ゆう)先(せん) • (yūsen) ^{←いうせん (iusen)^?}

priority

Antonyms

劣後(れつご) (retsugo, “posteriority”)

Verb

優(ゆう)先(せん)する • (yūsen suru) ^{←いうせん (iusen)^?}transitive or intransitive suru (stem 優(ゆう)先(せん)し (yūsen shi), past 優(ゆう)先(せん)した (yūsen shita))

to take priority

Conjugation

Conjugation of "優先する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	優先し	ゆうせんし	yūsen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	優先し	ゆうせんし	yūsen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	優先する	ゆうせんする	yūsen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	優先する	ゆうせんする	yūsen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	優先すれ	ゆうせんすれ	yūsen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	優先せよ¹ 優先しろ²	ゆうせんせよ¹ ゆうせんしろ²	yūsen seyo¹ yūsen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	優先される	ゆうせんされる	yūsen sareru
Causative	優先させる優先さす	ゆうせんさせるゆうせんさす	yūsen saseru yūsen sasu
Potential	優先できる	ゆうせんできる	yūsen dekiru
Volitional	優先しよう	ゆうせんしよう	yūsen shiyō
Negative	優先しない	ゆうせんしない	yūsen shinai
Negative continuative	優先せず	ゆうせんせず	yūsen sezu
Formal	優先します	ゆうせんします	yūsen shimasu
Perfective	優先した	ゆうせんした	yūsen shita
Conjunctive	優先して	ゆうせんして	yūsen shite
Hypothetical conditional	優先すれば	ゆうせんすれば	yūsen sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993), The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

“優先”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
優	先

Noun

優先 • (useon) (hangeul 우선)

hanja form^? of 우선 (“priority”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
優	先

Adjective

優先

chữ Hán form of ưu tiên (“prioritised; preferred”)

Verb

優先

chữ Hán form of ưu tiên (“to prioritize”)

[JEL-1] Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993), The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

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