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前世

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	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	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (前世)	前	世
simp. ^#(前世)	前	世

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánshì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ sai³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhièn-se / chhièn-sṳ

(Hailu, HRS): cien she^ˇ
Eastern Min (BUC): cièng-sié
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-sì / chûiⁿ--sì / chiân-sì / chân-sì / chiân-sè / chêng-sè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánshìh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-shih⁴
  - Yale: chyán-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshyh
  - Palladius: цяньши (cjanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ sai³
  - Yale: chìhn sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-se
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˇ se
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian² se⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ se⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian² si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cien she^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰien⁵⁵ ʃe¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cièng-sié
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)niɛ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-sì
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengsix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ si²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² si²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ--sì
  - Tâi-lô: tsuînn--sì
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-sì
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciensix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² si²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ si¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ si²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² si²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-sì
  - Tâi-lô: tsân-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zansix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san¹³⁻²² si²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-sè
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciensex
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-sè
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengsex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/

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Middle Chinese: dzen syejH

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤen l̥ap-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*zleːn hljebs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	前	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qián	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ dzen ›	‹ syej^H ›
Old Chinese	/[dz]ˁen/ (~ m-dzˁen)	/*l̥ap-s/
English	before	generation
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	前	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10256	11537
Phonetic component	前	世
Rime group	元	蓋
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	前	丗
Old Chinese	/*zleːn/	/*hljebs/
Notes		本枼葉初文（文源）

前世

(literary) previous era
previous life; past life; past existence; previous incarnation
of a VTuber, another VTuber that was portrayed by the same person; past life

(previous era): 前代 (qiándài), 先世 (xiānshì)
(previous life):

上輩子 / 上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
前世人 (Hokkien)
前生 (qiánshēng)
頂世人 / 顶世人 (Hokkien)

Dialectal synonyms of 前世 (“previous life; previous existence; previous incarnation”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	前生, 前世
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	上輩子, 前世
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	前世年
Cantonese	Hong Kong	前世
Gan	Lichuan	前世
Hakka	Meixian	前生人
Dongguan (Qingxi)	前世
Heyuan (Bendihua)	前世
Wengyuan	前世
Liannan	前世
Jiexi	前世
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	前世
Changting	前世
Wuping	前世
Ninghua	前世
Ningdu	前世
Tonggu (Sandu)	頭世
Ganzhou (Panlong)	前世
Dayu	前生世
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	前生, 前世
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	前生, 前生人, 前世
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	前生, 前世
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	前生, 前世
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	前生, 前世
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	前世
Hong Kong	前世
Yangxi (Tangkou)	前世
Yangchun (Sanjia)	前世
Xinyi (Sihe)	前世
Xinyi (Qianpai)	前世
Gaozhou (Xindong)	前世
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	前世
Huazhou (Xin'an)	前世
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	前世
Lianjiang (Qingping)	前世
Mengshan (Xihe)	前世
Luchuan	前世
Huizhou	Jixi	前世
Southern Min	Xiamen	頂世, 頂世儂, 前世, 前世儂
Quanzhou	頂世, 頂世儂, 前世
Zhangzhou	頂世, 頂世儂, 前世, 前世儂
Tainan	頂世儂, 前世儂, 前世 GT
Manila (Hokkien)	頂世儂
Haikou	前世
Wu	Suzhou	前世
Hangzhou	前世
Wenzhou	前世
Xiang	Changsha	前世
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Kanji in this term
前	世
ぜん Grade: 2	せ Grade: 3
on'yomi

(Tokyo) ぜんせ [zéꜜǹsè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃se̞]

前(ぜん)世(せ) • (zense)

previous life; past life; past existence
of a VTuber, another VTuber that was portrayed by the same person; past life
- 2023 May 14, 天頂バス - VTuberの前世や魂の情報サイト‎^[1]:
  ですが、デビュー前からほぼ確定で前世がバレていました。
  However, even before her début, it was obvious what graduated VTuber she used to be.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Hanja in this term
前	世

前世 • (jeonse) (hangeul 전세)

hanja form^? of 전세 (“previous eras”)

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