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先
xiān
first, before
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What does 先 mean?
先 (pinyin: xiān) means first, before. It belongs to the official HSK 3 vocabulary (intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 先
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 先
Related HSK 3 words
| 过去 | guò qù | past, the past |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand, to know |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear |
| 关系 | guān xi | relationship |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why |
| 拿 | ná | to take, to hold |
| 放 | fàng | to put, to place |
| 担心 | dān xīn | to worry |
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