Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 先 | 先 | xiān | xian1 | early; prior; former; in advance; first | ||
| 2 | 先生 | 先生 | xiān sheng | Xian1 sheng5 | teacher; husband; doctor (dialect); Classifiers: 位 ; Mister (Mr.) | ||
| 3 | 首先 | 首先 | shǒu xiān | shou3 xian1 | first (of all); in the first place | ||
| 4 | 先进 | 先進 | xiān jìn | xian1 jin4 | advanced (technology); to advance | ||
| 5 | 先后 | 先後 | xiān hòu | xian1 hou4 | early or late; priority; in succession; one after another | ||
| 6 | 祖先 | 祖先 | zǔ xiān | zu3 xian1 | ancestor; forebears | ||
| 7 | 事先 | 事先 | shì xiān | shi4 xian1 | in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior | ||
| 8 | 预先 | 預先 | yù xiān | yu4 xian1 | beforehand; in advance | ||
| 9 | 优先 | 優先 | yōu xiān | you1 xian1 | to have priority; to take precedence | ||
| 10 | 原先 | 原先 | yuán xiān | yuan2 xian1 | originally; original; former | ||
| 11 | 先天 | 先天 | xiān tiān | xian1 tian1 | inborn; innate; natural | ||
| 12 | 最先 | 最先 | zuì xiān | zui4 xian1 | (the) very first | ||
| 13 | 先前 | 先前 | xiān qián | xian1 qian2 | before; previously | ||
| 14 | 领先 | 領先 | lǐng xiān | ling3 xian1 | to lead; to be in front | ||
| 15 | 先行 | 先行 | xiān xíng | xian1 xing2 | to precede others; in advance | ||
| 16 | 抢先 | 搶先 | qiǎng xiān | qiang3 xian1 | to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall | ||
| 17 | 先锋 | 先鋒 | xiān fēng | xian1 feng1 | vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde | ||
| 18 | 起先 | 起先 | qǐ xiān | qi3 xian1 | at first; in the beginning | ||
| 19 | 率先 | 率先 | shuài xiān | shuai4 xian1 | to take the lead; to show initiative | ||
| 20 | 争先恐后 | 爭先恐後 | zhēng xiān kǒng hòu | zheng1 xian1 kong3 hou4 | striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another | ||
| 21 | 先天性 | 先天性 | xiān tiān xìng | xian1 tian1 xing4 | congenital; intrinsic; innateness | ||
| 22 | 先秦 | 先秦 | xiān qín | xian1 Qin2 | pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC | ||
| 23 | 先进先出 | 先進先出 | xiān jìn xiān chū | xian1 jin4 xian1 chu1 | (computing, inventory management etc) first in, first out | ||
| 24 | 春江水暖鸭先知 | 春江水暖鴨先知 | chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī | chun1 jiang1 shui3 nuan3 ya1 xian1 zhi1 | lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom); fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows | ||
| 25 | 从先 | 從先 | cóng xiān | cong2 xian1 | (dialect) before; in the past; previously |
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