粵

先sin1河ho4

sin1 ho4xiān hé

English

  1. source; precursor; forerunner
  2. anything that is advocated earlier

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 事物嘅本源、根源

Examples

  • 他開了先河。

    He set a precedent.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 開創先河

    to advocate something

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

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