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先生 xiānsheng
先生 (xiānsheng) means "teacher". It is a word from HSK 1 (N), number 295 in this course by how often it appears.
- Meaning
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister; husband
- Pinyin
- xiānsheng
- Measure words
- 位
- Level
- HSK 1
- Characters
- 先 生
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Example sentences
- 谢谢您，先生。
Thank you, sir.
Tatoeba: Ayalche / CM - 这位是安田先生。
This is Mr Yasuda.
Tatoeba: fucongcong / sundown - 这是史密斯先生。
This is Mr. Smith.
Tatoeba: sysko / kellenparker
Learned together
In the course, "先生" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.