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English

1. before; previously
2. before; previously

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 過去；更加早嘅時候

Examples

• 先前我唔知呢件事。

  I did not know this matter before.

• 我先前嗰份工好得閒㗎！

  My previous job was really chill!

• 我先前在中國住了六個月。

  I've lived in China for six months.

  Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

• 我們先前不知道要怎麼做，所以才求助。

  We didn't know how to do it, so we asked for help.

  Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

• 不好意思，讓我指出先前文章的三個錯誤。

  Excuse me, let me point out three mistakes in the above article.

  Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY