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Cantonese · Jyutping

Mandarin · Pinyin

  • xiān

English

  1. first, former, previous
  2. beforehand; first; earlier
  3. a respectful prefix for the deceased
  4. first; earlier; before
  5. used to express a desire for complementary information or approval
  6. at first; originally
  7. ago; before; earlier; used as a prefix
  8. temporarily; tentatively; for the time being; for now
  9. to indicate the imperative mood that the speaker oneself or others could realize an action earlier than other ones; often used with 等 dang2 or 要 jiu3
  10. for the time being; for now
  11. (usually preceded by an expression of time) not until
  12. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
  13. (usually preceded by an expression of reason or condition) not unless; not until; then and only then; for no other reason
  14. only
  15. actually; really; in fact; used in an assertive tone for emphasizing a fact that contradicts a prior claim

粵語

  1. 前綴，放喺前面尊稱死去嘅人
  2. 喺次序上，某個人早過指定嘅對象做咗同一個行為，又或者指出同一個人做某件事早過做其他事
  3. 表示想獲得補充訊息或者認同
  4. 前綴，指過去嘅時間
  5. 暫時；暫且
  6. 祈使自己或他人優先實現某個動作，早過其他；位置喺句尾，通常同「等」、「要」連用
  7. 形容事件發生得遲過預期，或者所需數目多過預期
  8. 形容要達成某個條件至可以做／完成某件事
  9. 只係、淨係
  10. 其實、事實上；發音短促，加強肯定語氣，用嚟反駁對方嘅講法

Decomposition

Structure

𠂒儿

IDS

⿱𠂒儿

Components

𠂒儿

Stroke order

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Words containing 先

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