先生 - Zhictionary

先生

xiānshēng

(dialectal) traditional Chinese medicine physician
(literal, Classical) one who was born earlier
(literary) Taoist priest
(literary) ancestor
(literary) father and elder brother
An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman
Taoist priest
ancestor
father and elder brother
husband
one who was born earlier
traditional Chinese medicine physician

Wiktionary

Homographs

先生

xiānsheng

teacher
gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
husband
(dialect) doctor

classifier: 位

Examples

你认识钱先生吗？

Do you know Mr Qian?

Source: Tatoeba

王先生是中國人。

Mr Wang is from China.

Mr. Wang is Chinese.

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

有位凱先生想見你。

There's a Mr Kay who wants to see you.

Source: Tatoeba

福特先生現在安好。

Mr Ford is all right now.

Source: Tatoeba

先生您在找甚麼呀？

What are you looking for, sir?

Source: Tatoeba

这是山田先生的家。

This house belongs to Mr Yamada.

Source: Tatoeba

你認識布朗先生嗎？

Do you know Mr. Brown?

Source: Tatoeba

喬丹先生突然醒了。

Mr Jordan woke up suddenly.

Source: Tatoeba

戴维先生好像很累。

Mr David seems tired.

Source: Tatoeba

加藤先生是一位老師。

Mr Kato is a teacher.

Source: Tatoeba

那位先生靠什么生活？

What does that gentleman do for a living?

Source: Tatoeba

格林先生是歷史老師。

Mr. Green is a history teacher.

Source: Tatoeba

布朗先生是一位醫生。

Mr Brown is a doctor.

Source: Tatoeba

有的，先生你有几位？

Yes, there are. How many of you are there, Sir?

Source: Tatoeba

加藤先生教我们英语。

Mr. Kato teaches us English.

Source: Tatoeba

史密斯先生在喝咖啡。

Mr. Smith is drinking coffee.

Source: Tatoeba

山崎先生不久就康復了。

It was not long before Mr Yamazaki recovered.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

先

xiān

beforehand; first; earlier
at first; originally
for the time being; for now
(prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

to be born
to give birth
life
to grow
raw
uncooked
student

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