先生 (sin1 saang1 | xian1 sheng5) : mister, Mr.; husband; teacher

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先生

sin1 saang1

xian1 sheng5

[1] mister, Mr. (粵) abbreviation: 生 [2] husband
[3] (粵) [colloquial] (male or female) teacher

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 11,900,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

先生

This word has been viewed 9701 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 27th Mar 2009 01:52

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Characters in this word:

先 sin1 - first; before; temporarily
生 saang1 sang1 - born; grow; life; alive; unripe

17 compounds containing this word:

中山先生 - Mr. Sun Yatsen (honorific form)
職業健美先生 - professional bodybuilder
健美先生 - bodybuilder
卦命先生 - [n] a fortune teller
好好先生 - good joe
小先生 - "little teacher" (student who acts as assistant)
陰陽先生 - geomancer (as a funeral advisor, lit., "Mister Yin-Yang")
算命先生 - a fortune teller
地水先生 - Mr. Blind Man
某先生 - Mr. X, Mr. So-and-so
占卦先生 - a fortune teller
賬房先生 - an accountant; a bookkeeper
南郭先生 - Mr. Nan Guo
戇豆先生 - Mr. Bean
英國足球先生 - England's Footballer of the Year
殭屍先生 - Mr. Vampire (kung fu movie with vampires)
孩子先生 - Mr. Children (Misuchiru, famous Japanese rock band)

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王先生後日就返啦。粵
Mr. Wong will be coming back the day after tomorrow.

先生，請問幾位？粵
Sir, how many people?

王先生是我爸爸的好朋友。國
Mr. Wong is a good friend of my father.

先生話聽日唔使返學。粵
The teacher said we don't need to attend class tomorrow.

先生，請問有啲咩可以幫到你嘅呢？粵
Sir, how can I help you?

王先生要經廣州前往桂林。
Mr Wong wants to go to Guilin via Guangzhou.

董先生偷拍女朋友的十來歲的女兒洗澡國
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.

講起嚟﹐我都識何先生。粵
Now you come to mention it, I know Mr Ho as well.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'once you start ...'.]

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