先
Meaning
- beforehand; first; earlier
- at first; originally
- for the time being; for now
Example sentence
先到先得。
First come, first serve.
Words containing 先
- 先生 xiān sheng teacher
- 领先 lǐng xiān to lead
- 首先 shǒu xiān first of all; in the first place
- 先进 xiān jìn sophisticated; advanced (technology etc)
- 事先 shì xiān in advance
- 率先 shuài xiān to take the lead
Learned around the same time
- 下边 xià bian under
- 下车 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
- 下次 xià cì next time
- 下课 xià kè to finish class
- 下午 xià wǔ afternoon
- 下雨 xià yǔ to rain
- 现在 xiàn zài now; at present; currently
- 想 xiǎng to think (about)
- 小 xiǎo small
- 小孩儿 xiǎo hái r erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
- 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady