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  • 1

    n.gentleman; sir

    • xiān sheng nín yào mǎi shén me ma

      先生什么

      Can I help you,sir?

    • lǐ xiān sheng shì yī wèi jiào shòu

      先生教授

      Mr. Li is a professor.

    • xiān sheng nǐ yào diǎn shén me

      先生什么

      Are you ready to order, sir?

  • 2

    n.(always preceded by a personal pronoun as the attribute) one's husband

    • wǒ xiān sheng shì yī jiā gōng sī de jīng lǐ tā gōng zuò hěn máng

      先生公司经理工作

      My husband is a manager of a company, and he is very busy with his work.

    • tā xiān sheng shì yī shēng

      先生医生

      Her husband is a doctor.

    • zhè shì wǒ xiān sheng

      先生

      This is my husband.

  • 3

    n.teacher

    • xiǎng zuò hǎo xiān sheng shǒu xiān yào zuò hǎo xué sheng

      先生首先学生

      To be a good teacher, one must first be a good pupil.

    • zuò rén mín de xiān sheng

      人民先生

      be a teacher of the people

  • 4

    n.(of intellectuals) Mister (Mr.)

    • zǒng tǒng xiān sheng

      总统先生

      Mr. President

  • 5

    n.dialdoctor

    • yào qǐng gè xiān sheng kàn kan ma

      先生

      Shall we send for a doctor?

  • 6

    n.datedbookkeeper

    • zhàng fáng xiān sheng

      账房先生

      bookkeeper

    • dāng xiān sheng

      先生

      serve as bookkeeper

  • 7

    n.datedstoryteller; fortune-teller

    • suàn mìng xiān sheng

      算命先生

      fortune-teller

    • shuō shū xiān sheng

      说书先生

      storyteller

Word usage

  • "先生" is often matched with measure word "位".
    • 先生

      one mister