越前えちぜん

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	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
trad. (越前えちぜん)		越こし	前まえ
simp. #(越前えちぜん)		越こし	前まえ

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 越前えちぜん (Echizen).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yuèqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yuèqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yuècián
    • Wade–Giles: Yüeh⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: Ywè-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuehchyan
    • Palladius: Юэцянь (Juecjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

Proper noun

越前えちぜん

1. (～市し) Echizen (a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
越こし	前まえ
えち Grade: S	ぜん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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Proper noun

越こし(えち)前まえ(ぜん) • (Echizen) ^{←ゑちぜん (wetizen)?}

1. Echizen (a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan)
2. Echizen Province, an old province of Japan