粵

先sin1後hau6

simp先后
sin1 hau6xiān hòu

English

  1. early or late; first and last; priority
  2. in succession; one after another
  3. successively; one after another

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個接住一個;有次序咁做類似嘅事

Examples

  • 國王同皇后請咗六位仙子嚟出席典禮,呢六位仙子先後噉出場祝福小公主。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 順帶一提,細個少少嘅咇咇仔(例如係 6 個月大嘅)唔識記住有先後次序嘅動作串。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 他主張的是出生的先後次序和個性有很密切的關係。

    His claim is that there is a close relation between birth order and personality.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 先後次序

    (sequential) order

  • 佢哋先後入座。

    They took their seats one after another.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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