先sin1生saang1

English

1. teacher
2. (used before a man's family name) Mr.
3. mister; sir
4. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
5. teacher (an honorific to address a teacher)
6. husband
7. one's husband
8. (dialect) doctor

量詞 — Classifiers

• 位wei4

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 對男士嘅稱謂（量詞：個）
2. 對老師嘅尊稱（量詞：個／位）
3. 丈夫；老公

Examples

• 林先生

  Mr. Lam

• 你先生會唔會嚟㗎？

  Will your husband come?

• 隔籬屋個先生係醫生。

  The man who lives next door to me is a doctor.

  Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

• 先生，我想去洗手間啊！

  Teacher, may I go to the washroom?

• 佢認錯咗我做田森先生。

  She mistook me for Mr. Tamori.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 先生，呢度唔可以食煙㗎。

  Sir, smoking is not allowed here. ----

• 懷特先生好似有好多朋友。

  Mr White seems to have many friends.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 鈴木先生幾時離開日本呀？

  When will Mr. Suzuki be leaving Japan?

  Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY