先生

xiānshēng
  1. (dialectal) traditional Chinese medicine physician
  2. (literal, Classical) one who was born earlier
  3. (literary) Taoist priest
  4. (literary) ancestor
  5. (literary) father and elder brother
  6. An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman
  7. Taoist priest
  8. ancestor
  9. father and elder brother
  10. husband
  11. one who was born earlier
  12. traditional Chinese medicine physician

Wiktionary

Homographs

先生 xiānsheng
  1. teacher
  2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
  3. husband
  4. (dialect) doctor

classifier: 位

Examples

你认识钱先生吗？

Do you know Mr Qian?

Source: Tatoeba

你认识高先生吗？

Do you know Mr Gao?

Source: Tatoeba

史密斯先生來了。

Mr. Smith came.

Source: Tatoeba

王先生来自中国。

Mr Wang is from China.

Source: Tatoeba

王先生是中國人。

Mr Wang is from China.

Mr. Wang is Chinese.

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Entry Composition

=1 先 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
=1 先 xiǎn only used in 先馬／先马
2 生 shēng
  1. to be born
  2. to give birth
  3. life
  4. to grow
  5. raw
  6. uncooked
  7. student

Containing this entry

憨豆先生 Hāndòu Xiānsheng Mr. Bean (TV)
老先生 lǎoxiānshēng
風水先生 fēngshuǐxiānshēng
楮先生 chǔxiānshēng
第一先生 dì-yīxiānsheng
小先生 xiǎoxiānsheng
東郭先生 Dōngguōxiānshēng