Chinese

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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
 
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
trad. (前日)
simp. #(前日)
anagram 日前

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (15) (38)
Final () (85) (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter dzen nyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zen/ /ȵiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zen/ /ȵit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zɛn/ /ȵʑjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zɛn/ /ȵit̚/
Li
Rong
/d͡zen/ /ȵiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/d͡zien/ /ȵʑĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱien/ /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin4 jat6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qián
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzen › ‹ nyit ›
Old
Chinese
/*[dz]ˁen/ (~ *m-dzˁen) /*C.nik/
English before sun; day

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10256 10845
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zleːn/ /*njiɡ/

Noun

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前日

  1. day before yesterday
  2. (literary) the previous day; the before

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of day before yesterday): 後日后日 (hòurì)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぜん
Grade: 2
じつ
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

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(ぜん)(じつ) (zenjitsu

  1. the previous day; the day before
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