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先生

xiānsheng

teacher

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Meaning of 先生 in English

xiānshengHSK 1nounSyllabus #231
  1. teacher
  2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
  3. husband
  4. (dialect) doctor

Measure word: 位

Example sentences

  1. 那位先生靠什么生活？
    nà wèi xiān shēng kào shén me shēng huó？
    What does that gentleman do for a living?
    Tatoeba #7768241 by jiangche · #569325 by kebukebu · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 你想我们先结婚还是先生孩子？
    nǐ xiǎng wǒ men xiān jié hūn hái shì xiān shēng hái zi？
    Do you want to get married first or have a child first?
    Tatoeba #352040 by fucongcong · #395839 by aeriph · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 先生，您把您的打火机留在桌子上了。
    xiān shēng， nín bǎ nín de dǎ huǒ jī liú zài zhuō zi shàng le。
    Sir, you have left your lighter on the table.
    Tatoeba #336182 by fucongcong · #64667 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

先 on its own →
xiān · beforehand; first; earlier

HSK words with 先

先HSK 3首先HSK 4领先HSK 5事先HSK 5先后HSK 5先进HSK 5率先HSK 6先前HSK 6优先HSK 6原先HSK 6
生 on its own →
shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to b

HSK words with 生

生病HSK 1学生HSK 1医生HSK 1大学生HSK 1小学生HSK 1中学生HSK 1生日HSK 2出生HSK 3发生HSK 3男生HSK 3

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences