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先生
xiān sheng
Mr.; sir
HSK 1Common
What does 先生 mean?
先生 (pinyin: xiān sheng) means Mr.; sir. It belongs to the official HSK 1 vocabulary (beginner), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 先生
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 先 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 生
The characters of 先生
| 先 | xiān | first, before (HSK 3) |
| 生 | shēng | component character |
Related HSK 1 words
| 学生 | xué sheng | student |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 些 | xiē | some, a few |
| 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 五 | wǔ | five |
| 书 | Shū | book |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 哪 | nǎ | which |
Full HSK 1 list · Translate a sentence with 先生
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