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竹山(HU)
Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄒㄧㄢ xiān
Cantonesesin1
Taiwanesesing
- Meaning
- first, former, previous
- Kangxi Radical
- 儿 · 6 strokes
Common words
- 先生xiān shengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
- 先進xiān jìnsophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc)
- 先後xiān hòuearly or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- 首先shǒu xiānfirst of all; in the first place
- 領先lǐng xiānto lead; to be in front
- 事先shì xiānin advance; before the event
- 祖先zǔ xiānancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
- 先前xiān qiánbefore; previously
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