先生

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

classifier: 位

CEDICT

dialect

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)
2 生 shēng
  1. to be born
  2. to give birth
  3. life
  4. to grow
  5. raw
  6. uncooked
  7. student