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先生 Xiānsheng

先生 Xiānsheng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 先生 Xiānsheng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Xiānsheng | Xian1 sheng5
English translation
Mister (Mr.)
teacher
husband
doctor (dialect)
CL: wèi [wèi]

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Traditional form

先生 Xiānsheng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 先生 Xiānsheng

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xiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a person ( rén ) stepping forward ( zhǐ ) leading the way.

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰?土儿

Number of Strokes

6
shēng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a sprout emerging from the ground.

Positional decomposition

一土

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 先生 Xiānsheng

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BAKER先生 Xiānsheng : shì de , 喜欢 xǐhuan de 食物 shíwù , ne , 你是干什么 shénme 工作 gōngzuò de ?

MR BAKER: Yes, I like hot food Well, what do you do?

ō , bīn 格莱先生 Xiānsheng de Chē yāo sòng de 朋友 péngyou dào 麦里 tún , 斯脱夫妇 fūfù yòu shì yǒu Chē .

Oh! but the gentlemen will have Mr. Bingley's chaise to go to Meryton; and the Hursts have no horses to theirs.

" shì de ,先生 Xiānsheng , nín 可以 kěyǐ sòng dào 塔拉. Yuè kuài Yuè hǎo !

" Yassah , you kin sen'me ter Tara , quick as you kin.

布莱克先生 Xiānsheng 生病 shēngbìng le , 因此 yīncǐ zài dài de .

Mr. Black was ill, so she was taking his class instead.

认出 rèn chū 亨特 Hēng tè 先生 Xiānsheng shì zài 银行业 yín háng yè 工作 gōngzuò 那些 nà xiē Nián 相识 xiāng shí de 生意 shēngyì shǎng de lǎo 熟人 shú rén .

He recognized Mr. Hunter as an old business acquaintance from his years in banking.

先生 Xiānsheng Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 先生 Xiānsheng and their own compounds.

先生 Xiānsheng Compounds

See all 94 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 先生 Xiānsheng in their composition.

  • xiān
    • zàn
      • zuān , zǎn , zàn , zàn , zuǎn , , , , zǎn , , , , , , , , zàn , , ,
    • xuǎn , xiàn , , xiān , xiǎn , shēn , shēn , xiǎn , xiǎn , shēn , xiǎn , , , , , ,
  • shēng
    • xīng
      • xǐng , xīng , xīng , xīng , děng , qíng , , , , , , ,
    • Lóng
      • 窿 lóng , lóng , , , ,
    • chǎn
    • xìng , shèng , xìng , shēng , shēng , shēng , jīng , , xīng , shēng , shēn , chǎn , shěng , shēng , , , , , , , , , , ruí , , , , , ,
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