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Chinese dictionary
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n.gentleman; sir
先生,您要买什么吗?
Can I help you,sir?
李先生是一位教授。
Mr. Li is a professor.
先生,你要点什么?
Are you ready to order, sir?
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n.(always preceded by a personal pronoun as the attribute) one's husband
我先生是一家公司的经理,他工作很忙。
My husband is a manager of a company, and he is very busy with his work.
她先生是医生。
Her husband is a doctor.
这是我先生。
This is my husband.
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n.teacher
想做好先生,首先要做好学生。
To be a good teacher, one must first be a good pupil.
做人民的先生
be a teacher of the people
synonym
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n.(of intellectuals) Mister (Mr.)
总统先生
Mr. President
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n.dialdoctor
要请个先生看看吗?
Shall we send for a doctor?
synonym
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n.datedbookkeeper
账房先生
bookkeeper
当先生
serve as bookkeeper
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n.datedstoryteller; fortune-teller
算命先生
fortune-teller
说书先生
storyteller
Word usage
- common measure word"先生" is often matched with measure word "位".
一位先生
one mister