先生

xiānshēng

Traditional: 先生

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Coloured illustration of 先生
HSK 1
#74 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

Mr., sir; husband (informal)

Stroke order

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Examples

Mr. Wang, please come in.

My husband is on a business trip today.

Excuse me, are you Mr. Li?

cài

This gentleman would like to order.

This gentleman is my teacher.

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