| 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 | Mister (Mr.); teacher; husband; doctor (dialect); Classifiers: 位 | ||
| 3 | 先进 | 先進 | xiān jìn | xian1 jin4 | advanced (technology); to advance | ||
| 4 | 先后 | 先後 | xiān hòu | xian1 hou4 | early or late; priority; in succession; one after another | ||
| 5 | 先天 | 先天 | xiān tiān | xian1 tian1 | inborn; innate; natural | ||
| 6 | 先前 | 先前 | xiān qián | xian1 qian2 | before; previously | ||
| 7 | 先行 | 先行 | xiān xíng | xian1 xing2 | to precede others; in advance | ||
| 8 | 先锋 | 先鋒 | xiān fēng | xian1 feng1 | vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde | ||
| 9 | 先天性 | 先天性 | xiān tiān xìng | xian1 tian1 xing4 | congenital; intrinsic; innateness | ||
| 10 | 先秦 | 先秦 | xiān qín | xian1 Qin2 | pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC | ||
| 11 | 先进先出 | 先進先出 | xiān jìn xiān chū | xian1 jin4 xian1 chu1 | (computing, inventory management etc) first in, first out | ||
| 12 | 先父 | 先父 | xiān fù | xian1 fu4 | First, wealthy; ; deceased father; my late father | ||
| 13 | 先锋队 | 先鋒隊 | xiān fēng duì | xian1 feng1 dui4 | vanguard | ||
| 14 | 先发制人 | 先發制人 | xiān fā zhì rén | xian1 fa1 zhi4 ren2 | to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt; to anticipate; preemptive | ||
| 15 | 先公 | 先公 | xiān gōng | xian1 gong1 | deceased father; deceased senior male figure | ||
| 16 | 先公后私 | 先公後私 | xiān gōng hòu sī | xian1 gong1 hou4 si1 | Public interest comes before private; personal interests. (idiom) | ||
| 17 | 先到先得 | 先到先得 | xiān dào xiān dé | xian1 dao4 xian1 de2 | first come first served | ||
| 18 | 先到后走 | 先到後走 | xiān dào hòu zǒu | xian1 dao4 hou4 zou3 | to be the first to arrive and the last to leave (idiom) | ||
| 19 | 先导 | 先導 | xiān dǎo | xian1 dao3 | guide; forerunner; pioneer | ||
| 20 | 先带 | 先帶 | xiān dài | xian1 dai4 | First, bring it on | ||
| 21 | 先打后拉 | 先打後拉 | xiān dǎ hòu lā | xian1 da3 hou4 la1 | to first attack and then cajole (idiom) | ||
| 22 | 先达 | 先達 | xiān dá | xian1 da2 | famous and virtuous ancestors; the great men of the past | ||
| 23 | 先不先 | 先不先 | xiān bù xiān | xian1 bu4 xian1 | (dialect) first of all; in the first place | ||
| 24 | 先兵后礼 | 先兵後禮 | xiān bīng hòu lǐ | xian1 bing1 hou4 li3 | opposite of 先礼后兵 | ||
| 25 | 先祖 | 先祖 | xiān zǔ | xian1 zu3 | deceased grandfather; ancestry |
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