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先
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
事先
shìxiān
in advance
占先
zhànxiān
to take precedence
尽先
jǐnxiān
in the first instance
优先
yōuxiān
priority
先河
xiānhé
priority
先人
xiānrén
ancestors
先令
xiānlìng
shilling (loanword)
先例
xiānlì
antecedent
先兆
xiānzhào
omen
先公
xiāngōng
deceased father
先前
xiānqián
before
先君
xiānjūn
my late father
先哲
xiānzhé
distinguished precursor
先天
xiāntiān
inborn
先妣
xiānbǐ
deceased mother
先导
xiāndǎo
guide
先后
xiānhòu
early or late
先慈
xiāncí
deceased mother
先期
xiānqī
in advance
先机
xiānjī
key moment
Example Sentences (10)
我先去看了黄河,黄河是中国有名的大河,我坐在船上,一边看一边照相。
Wǒ xiān qù kàn le huáng hé, huáng hé shì zhōngguó yǒumíng de dàhé, wǒ zuò zài chuán shàng, yìbiān kàn yìbiān zhàoxiàng.
I went to see the Yellow River first. The Yellow River is a famous big river in China. I sat on a boat, looking and taking photos at the same time.
Text 4
其实做水果饭很简单,先把米饭做好,然后再把一块块新鲜的水果放进去,水果饭就做好了。
Qíshí zuò shuǐguǒ fàn hěn jiǎndān, xiān bǎ mǐfàn zuò hǎo, ránhòu zài bǎ yí kuài kuài xīnxiān de shuǐguǒ fàng jìnqù, shuǐguǒ fàn jiù zuò hǎo le.
Actually, making fruit rice is very simple. First cook the rice, then put pieces of fresh fruit in, and the fruit rice is done.
Text 4
在这种情况下,建议父母先不要生气,应该停下手中的事情,陪孩子整理整理东西,和他们聊聊天儿,弄清楚他们的问题。
Zài zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng xià, jiànyì fùmǔ xiān bú yào shēngqì, yīnggāi tíngxià shǒuzhōng de shìqíng, péi háizi zhěnglǐ zhěnglǐ dōngxi, hé tāmen liáo liáo tiānr, nòng qīngchu tāmen de wèntí.
In this situation, parents are advised to not get angry at first, they should stop what they’re doing, help the child tidy things up a bit, chat with them, and figure out their problems.
Text 4
好啊,我先把桌子搬出去,然后你把水果拿过来,我们听叔叔阿姨讲他们年轻时候的故事。
Hǎo a, wǒ xiān bǎ zhuōzi bān chūqù, ránhòu nǐ bǎ shuǐguǒ ná guòlái,wǒmen tīng shūshu āyí jiǎng tāmen niánqīng shíhou de gùshi.
Sure, I'll move the table out first, then you bring the fruit over, and we'll listen to uncle and aunt tell stories from when they were young.
Text 3
你先等一下,我去把电视关了。
Nǐ xiān děng yíxià, wǒ qù bǎ diànshì guān le.
Wait a moment, I'll go turn off the TV.
Text 2
这个问题以前一个记者也问过我。做生意时虽然会遇到各种压力和困难,但是大家的机会都是相同的。你看,这里有三块大小不同的西瓜,我们用西瓜的大小代表钱的多少,要是我们一起开始吃,你会先选哪块?
Zhège wèntí yǐqián yí gè jìzhě yě wènguò wǒ. Zuò shēngyì shí suīrán huì yùdào gèzhǒng yālì hé kùnnán, dànshì dàjiā de jīhuì dōu shì xiāngtóng de. Nǐ kàn, zhèlǐ yǒu sān kuài dàxiǎo bùtóng de xīguā, wǒmen yòng xīguā de dàxiǎo dàibiǎo qián de duōshǎo, yàoshi wǒmen yìqǐ kāishǐ chī, nǐ huì xiān xuǎn nǎ kuài?
A reporter asked me this question before, too. When doing business, although we will encounter various pressures and difficulties, everyone has the same opportunities. Look, here are three pieces of watermelon of different sizes; we use the size of the watermelon to represent how much money there is. If we start eating together, which piece would you choose first?
Text 2
谢谢您!现在有很多事情等着我做,真不知道该先做哪个好。
Xièxiè nín! Xiànzài yǒu hěn duō shìqing děngzhe wǒ zuò, zhēn bù zhīdào gāi xiān zuò nǎ ge hǎo.
Thank you! I have a lot to do right now, and I really don't know which one to do first.
Text 2
这次主要是因为我先做了比较难、比较复杂的题,结果花了太多时间,后面简单的题我没做完,可是时间来不及,最后只好放弃了。
Zhè cì zhǔyào shì yīnwèi wǒ xiān zuò le bǐjiào nán, bǐjiào fùzá de tí, jiéguǒ huā le tài duō shíjiān, hòumiàn jiǎndān de tí wǒ méi zuòwán, kěshì shíjiān lái bù jí, zuìhòu zhǐhǎo fàngqì le.
This time it was mainly because I first did the harder, more complex problems, which took too much time. After that I didn’t finish the easy ones, but there wasn’t enough time, and in the end I had to give up.
Text 2
不等她了,我先给大家讲讲这次比赛的要求和一些需要注意的地方。
Bù děng tā le, wǒ xiān gěi dàjiā jiǎng jiǎng zhè cì bǐsài de yāoqiú hé yìxiē xūyào zhùyì de dìfang.
Let's not wait for her. I'll first tell everyone about the requirements for this competition and some things to pay attention to.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 187
- Word Frequency Rank
- 324 of 84,292