xiān sheng

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先生 (xiān sheng) is a Chinese word meaning “teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband”.

Meanings

  1. 1teacher
  2. 2gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
  3. 3husband
  4. 4(dialect) doctor
  5. 5CL:位[wei4]
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 先生

先xiān · beforehand; first; earlier生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born

Related words

发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out先beforehand; first; earlier生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born生气to get angry; to be furious生日birthday首先first of all; in the first place生意life force生意business学生student

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