Japanese Word Entry
事前Kana: | じぜん |
Romaji: | jizen |
Definition: | prior, beforehand, in advance, before the fact, ex ante |
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Chinese characters used in this word
事 | matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly, affair, to serve, accident, incident |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄕˋ (shì), ㄗˋ (zì) |
Cantonese: | si6 |
Japanese: | ジ (ji)、 ズ (zu)、 シ (shi) / こと (koto)、 つか.う (tsukau)、 つか.える (tsukaeru)、 こととする (kototosuru) |
Korean: | 사 (sa) |
Vietnamese: | sự |
Variants
Semantic variant form: | 亊 |
前 | in front, before, forward, preceding |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄑㄧㄢˊ (qián), ㄐㄧㄢˇ (jiǎn) |
Cantonese: | cin4 |
Japanese: | ゼン (zen)、 セン (sen) / まえ (mae)、 -まえ (-mae)、 すすむ (susumu) |
Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
Vietnamese: | tiền |