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先
xiān
first, former, previous
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Someone stepping 止 in front of another person 儿
Words Using 先 (148)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
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先生
xiānsheng
Mister (Mr.)
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先生
xiānsheng
Mister (Mr.)
先生
xiānsheng
teacher / husband / doctor (dialect) / CL:[[位<wèi>]]
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先生
xiānsheng
teacher / husband / doctor (dialect) / CL:[[位<wèi>]]
先
xiān
early / prior / former / in advance / first
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先
xiān
early / prior / former / in advance / first
首先
shǒuxiān
first (of all) / in the first place
4
首先
shǒuxiān
first (of all) / in the first place
事先
shìxiān
in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
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事先
shìxiān
in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
祖先
zǔxiān
ancestor / forebears
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祖先
zǔxiān
ancestor / forebears
先前
xiānqián
before / previously
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先前
xiānqián
before / previously
原先
yuánxiān
former / original
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原先
yuánxiān
former / original
先进
xiānjìn
advanced (technology) / to advance
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先进
xiānjìn
advanced (technology) / to advance
优先
yōuxiān
priority
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优先
yōuxiān
priority
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⿱⿰？土儿
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⿰？土
Radical component
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
tǔ
土
soil, earth; items made of earth
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A lump of clay on a potter's wheel
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