先發

See also: 先发

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (先發)		先	發
simp. (先发)		先	发

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānfā

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄈㄚ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānfā
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄈㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianfa
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-fa¹
  - Yale: syān-fā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianfa
  - Palladius: сяньфа (sjanʹfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: sian-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienhoad
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ huat̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/

Verb

先發

(literary) to make the first move; to attack first

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	發
せん Grade: 1	はつ > ぱつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 先發 – see the following entry.

【先発せんぱつ】

[noun] starting first, a head start

[verb] to start first

[verb] to leave earlier

(This term, 先發, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)