"先不先" meaning in Chinese

See 先不先 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕiɛn⁵⁵ pu²¹ ɕiɛn⁵⁵/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /siːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /saiŋ⁵⁴ pu²⁴ saiŋ⁵⁴/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /si̯ẽ³³ pu³ si̯ẽ³³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /ɕi̯ẽ³³ pu³ ɕi̯ẽ³³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /ɕiɛn⁵⁵ pu²¹ ɕiɛn⁵⁵/, /siːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵/, /saiŋ⁵⁴ pu²⁴ saiŋ⁵⁴/, /si̯ẽ³³ pu³ si̯ẽ³³/, /ɕi̯ẽ³³ pu³ ɕi̯ẽ³³/ Chinese transliterations: xiānbùxiān [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], xian¹ bu² xian¹ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], sin¹ bat¹ sin¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sáing-bŭ-sáing, sienn¹ bu sienn¹, xiānbùxiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sianbùsian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsien¹-pu⁴-hsien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syān-bù-syān [Mandarin, Yale], shianbushian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сяньбусянь [Mandarin, Palladius], sjanʹbusjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], xianbuxian [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], sīn bāt sīn [Cantonese, Yale], sin¹ bat⁷ sin¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xin¹ bed¹ xin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sáing-bŭ-sáing [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], sienn¹ bu sienn¹ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 先不先
  1. first of all; first; firstly Synonyms (first of all): 首先 (shǒuxiān)
    Sense id: en-先不先-zh-adv-dd3dzt10 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'first of all': 86 14
  2. (Northern Min) initially; originally; at first; in the beginning Tags: Min, Northern
    Sense id: en-先不先-zh-adv-d5mghZq6 Categories (other): Northern Min Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 一插手兒 (yīchāshǒur) [Beijing, Mandarin], 一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) [Beijing, Mandarin], 一開始 (yīkāishǐ), 一开始 (yīkāishǐ), 上頭仔 [Hokkien], 上头仔 [Hokkien], 乍出猛兒 (zhàchūměngr) [Beijing, Mandarin], 乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) [Beijing, Mandarin], 先前 (1xi-xxi) [Wu], 先頭 [Wu], 先头 [Wu], 最初 (zuìchū), 初初 (co1 co1) [Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien], 劈頭 (pītóu), 劈头 (pītóu), (yuán), 原來 (yuánlái), 原来 (yuánlái), 原先 (yuánxiān), 原初 (yuánchū), 原底 [Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew], 原旦 [Hakka], 原本 (yuánběn), 原本榻裡 [Wu], 原本榻里 (3nyyoe-pen-thaq-li) [Wu], 在本 [Hokkien], 始初 (shǐchū) [literary], 寢頭 [Hokkien], 寝头 [Hokkien], 就跟兒 (jiùgēnr) [Beijing, Mandarin], 就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) [Beijing, Mandarin], 早先 (2tsau-xi) [Wu], 本來 (běnlái), 本来 (běnlái), 本則來 [Wu, dated], 本则来 (2pen-tseq-le) [Wu, dated], 本底 [Hokkien], 本底子 (2pen-ti-tsr) [Wu, dated], 本成 [Hokkien], 本然 [Hokkien], 本生 (2pen-san) [Wu], 當初 (dāngchū), 当初 (dāngchū), 當初時 [Hokkien], 当初时 [Hokkien], 當原初 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 当原初 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 自本 [Hokkien], 舊底 [Hokkien], 旧底 [Hokkien], 起先 (qǐxiān), 起初 (qǐchū), 起始 (qǐshǐ), 起手 (qǐshǒu), 起頭 (qǐtóu), 起头 (qǐtóu), 起首 (qǐshǒu) [Cantonese, Guangzhou, literary], 開先 (kai1 sienn1) [Xiang], 开先 (kai1 sienn1) [Xiang], 開初 (kāichū), 开初 (kāichū), 頭仔 [Hokkien], 头仔 [Hokkien], 頭起先 [Hokkien], 头起先 [Hokkien], 頭頭 [Cantonese, Eastern, Hokkien, Min], 头头 [Cantonese, Eastern, Hokkien, Min]

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      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ"
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      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
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      "zh-pron": "xian¹ bu² xian¹"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "sin¹ bat¹ sin¹"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "sáing-bŭ-sáing"
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    {
      "zh-pron": "sienn¹ bu sienn¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "xiānbùxiān"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sianbùsian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-pu⁴-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syān-bù-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shianbushian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньбусянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹbusjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xianbuxian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁵⁵ pu²¹ ɕiɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn bāt sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ bat⁷ sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ bed¹ xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáing-bŭ-sáing"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saiŋ⁵⁴ pu²⁴ saiŋ⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienn¹ bu sienn¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯ẽ³³ pu³ si̯ẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ẽ³³ pu³ ɕi̯ẽ³³/",
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        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁵⁵ pu²¹ ɕiɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saiŋ⁵⁴ pu²⁴ saiŋ⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯ẽ³³ pu³ si̯ẽ³³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ẽ³³ pu³ ɕi̯ẽ³³/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Mandarin"
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      "word": "一插手兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Mandarin"
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    {
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
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      "word": "乍出猛兒"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "乍出猛儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
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      "word": "先前 (1xi-xxi)"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
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      "word": "先頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zuìchū",
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      "roman": "co1 co1",
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        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pītóu",
      "word": "劈頭"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pītóu",
      "word": "劈头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuán",
      "word": "原"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánlái",
      "word": "原來"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánlái",
      "word": "原来"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánxiān",
      "word": "原先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánchū",
      "word": "原初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "原底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "原旦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánběn",
      "word": "原本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原本榻裡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原本榻里 (3nyyoe-pen-thaq-li)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "在本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shǐchū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "始初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "寢頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "寝头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiùgēnr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "就跟兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiùgēnr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "就跟儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "早先 (2tsau-xi)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本来"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本則來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本则来 (2pen-tseq-le)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本底子 (2pen-ti-tsr)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本成"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本生 (2pen-san)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dāngchū",
      "word": "當初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dāngchū",
      "word": "当初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "當初時"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "当初时"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "當原初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "当原初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "自本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "舊底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "旧底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐxiān",
      "word": "起先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐchū",
      "word": "起初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐshǐ",
      "word": "起始"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "word": "起手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "起首"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "開先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "开先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kāichū",
      "word": "開初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kāichū",
      "word": "开初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭起先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头起先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "頭頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "头头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先不先"
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese palindromes",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Northern Min adverbs",
    "Northern Min lemmas"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "先不先",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "first of all; first; firstly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first of all",
          "first of all"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "firstly",
          "firstly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern Min Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "initially; originally; at first; in the beginning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "initially",
          "initially"
        ],
        [
          "originally",
          "originally"
        ],
        [
          "at first",
          "at first"
        ],
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Northern Min) initially; originally; at first; in the beginning"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min",
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānbùxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xian¹ bu² xian¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ bat¹ sin¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sáing-bŭ-sáing"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sienn¹ bu sienn¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānbùxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sianbùsian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-pu⁴-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syān-bù-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shianbushian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньбусянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹbusjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xianbuxian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁵⁵ pu²¹ ɕiɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn bāt sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ bat⁷ sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ bed¹ xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáing-bŭ-sáing"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saiŋ⁵⁴ pu²⁴ saiŋ⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienn¹ bu sienn¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯ẽ³³ pu³ si̯ẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ẽ³³ pu³ ɕi̯ẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕiɛn⁵⁵ pu²¹ ɕiɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saiŋ⁵⁴ pu²⁴ saiŋ⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯ẽ³³ pu³ si̯ẽ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ẽ³³ pu³ ɕi̯ẽ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shǒuxiān",
      "sense": "first of all",
      "word": "首先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīchāshǒur",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "一插手兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīchāshǒur",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "一插手儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
      "word": "一開始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
      "word": "一开始"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "上頭仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "上头仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhàchūměngr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "乍出猛兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhàchūměngr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "乍出猛儿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先前 (1xi-xxi)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuìchū",
      "word": "最初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "co1 co1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "初初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pītóu",
      "word": "劈頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pītóu",
      "word": "劈头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuán",
      "word": "原"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánlái",
      "word": "原來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánlái",
      "word": "原来"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánxiān",
      "word": "原先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánchū",
      "word": "原初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "原底"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "原旦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánběn",
      "word": "原本"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原本榻裡"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原本榻里 (3nyyoe-pen-thaq-li)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "在本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǐchū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "始初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "寢頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "寝头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùgēnr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "就跟兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùgēnr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "就跟儿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "早先 (2tsau-xi)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本来"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本則來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本则来 (2pen-tseq-le)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本底"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本底子 (2pen-ti-tsr)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本成"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本然"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本生 (2pen-san)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dāngchū",
      "word": "當初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dāngchū",
      "word": "当初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "當初時"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "当初时"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "當原初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "当原初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "自本"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "舊底"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "旧底"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐxiān",
      "word": "起先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐchū",
      "word": "起初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǐ",
      "word": "起始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "word": "起手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "起首"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "開先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "开先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāichū",
      "word": "開初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāichū",
      "word": "开初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭起先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头起先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "頭頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "头头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先不先"
}

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