先鋒

See also: 先锋

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	point or edge of a tool
trad. (先鋒)		先	鋒
simp. (先锋)		先	锋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ fung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-fûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-hong
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-fon₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianfong
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: syān-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianfeng
    • Palladius: сяньфэн (sjanʹfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ fung¹
    • Yale: sīn fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-fûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ fung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ fuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-hong
    • Tâi-lô: sian-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienhofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /siɛn⁵⁵⁻³³ hɔŋ⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-fon₁
    • MiniDict: shi^平 fon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-fon₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

Noun

先鋒

1. vanguard; van
2. leader; pioneer

Derived terms

• 先鋒主義／先锋主义
• 先鋒派／先锋派
• 先鋒隊／先锋队 (xiānfēngduì)
• 先鋒黴素／先锋霉素

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (先鋒):

• → Japanese: 先鋒(せんぽう) (senpō)
• → Korean: 선봉(先鋒) (seonbong)
• → Vietnamese: tiên phong (先鋒)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	鋒
せん Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんぽー [sèńpóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞mpo̞ː]

Noun

先(せん)鋒(ぽう) • (senpō) 

1. spearhead; one that advances first in an army
2. (sports) an athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition
3. vanguard of a field (such as a revolution or an area of research)
4. (Ko shogi) a piece in Ko shogi

Derived terms

• 急先鋒(きゅうせんぽう) (kyūsenpō)