先

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Example sentences

• 先到先得。

  Xiān dào xiān dé

  First come, first serve.

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• 我要先找到他！

  Wǒ yào xiān zhǎo dào tā

  I want to find him first!

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• 我先跑路了。

  Wǒ xiān pǎo lù le

  I'm out of here.

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• 先学走，再学跑。

  Xiān xué zǒu zài xué pǎo

  Learn to walk before you run.

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Words containing 先

• 先xiān 1early; prior; former; in advance; first
• 先生xiān sheng 1–5teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor
• 首先shǒu xiān 3–1 first (of all); in the first place
• 领先lǐng xiān 3–1 to lead; to be in front
• 先进xiān jìn 1–4 advanced (technology); to advance
• 事先shì xiān 4–1 in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
• 率先shuài xiān 4–1 to take the lead; to show initiative
• 优先yōu xiān 1–1 to have priority; to take precedence
• 原先yuán xiān 2–1 originally; original; former
• 先前xiān qián 1–2 before; previously
• 先后xiān hòu 1–4 early or late; priority; in succession; one after another
• 祖先zǔ xiān 3–1 ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved