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Pinyin: xiānEnglish Definition: early; prior; former; in advance; firstChinese Definition: ①时间在前的，次序在前的，与“后”相对：先前。先期。原先。先驱。先河(中国古代帝王先祭黄河，后祭海，以河为海的本源，后称倡导在先的事物)。先觉。先见之明。先发制人。
②家族或民族的较早的一代或几代：先人。先世(祖先)。先民。
③对死去的人的尊称：先祖。先父。先哲(指已去世的有才德的思想家)。先烈。先贤。
④姓氏。Antonyms: 后 Total strokes: 6;
Radical: 儿 Ideographic: Someone stepping
止 in front of another person
儿 Character Formation:
- ⿱ Above to below
- ⿰ Left to right
- 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
- 儿 [ ér ] son, child
Example Words:
先生 [
xiān sheng ]: teacher; husband; doctor (dialect); Classifiers:
位 首先 [
shǒu xiān ]: first (of all); in the first place
事先 [
shì xiān ]: in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
Example Sentences- 她比我们先到了那里。
She got there before us.
- 你先怎么不告诉我?
Why didn't you tell me before?
- 你最好向她卖弄一下你的学识，不过你得先把这两本书读一下。
It's better for you to highbrow her, but you have to read these two books beforehand.
- 你先走，我随后就来。
You go first; I shall follow.
- 进来前先敲门。
Knock before you enter.
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