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先生

xiānshēng

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word
Noun

先生 (xiānshēng) is a Chinese word meaning “teacher”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. teacher
  2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
  3. husband
  4. (dialect) doctor

Stroke order

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Example

王先生是老師。

Mr. Wang is a teacher.

Related words at this level

我我們五想現在小小孩小姐

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).