"首先" meaning in Chinese

See 首先 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɐu̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /su³¹ si̯en²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /siu⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /sɐu̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/, /su³¹ si̯en²⁴/, /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/, /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/, /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/, /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/, /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/, /siu⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/ Chinese transliterations: shǒuxiān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sau² sin¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sú-siên [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], siú-sian [Hokkien, POJ], siu² soin¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], shǒuxiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shǒusian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shou³-hsien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shǒu-syān [Mandarin, Yale], shooushian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шоусянь [Mandarin, Palladius], šousjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], sáu sīn [Cantonese, Yale], sau² sin¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], seo² xin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sú-siên [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], su` xien´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], su³ xian¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], siú-sian [Hokkien, Tai-lo], siwsiefn [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], siú soiⁿ [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 首先
  1. first of all; first; firstly
    Sense id: en-首先-zh-adv-dd3dzt10 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 79 21
  2. primarily
    Sense id: en-首先-zh-adv-7Hrcc85p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 先不先 (xiānbùxiān) [Xiang]

Download JSON data for 首先 meaning in Chinese (3.6kB)

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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        {
          "english": "The first thing (I/we) saw was the estuary of Thames.",
          "ref": "首先看到的是泰晤士河的出海口。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "Shǒuxiān kàndào de shì Tàiwùshì Hé de chūhǎikǒu. [Pinyin]",
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        "first of all; first; firstly"
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      "glosses": [
        "primarily"
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        [
          "primarily",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒuxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sú-siên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siú-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² soin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒuxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒusian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shou³-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒu-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shooushian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шоусянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šousjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáu sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo² xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sú-siên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "su` xien´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "su³ xian¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³¹ si̯en²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siú-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siwsiefn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siú soiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³¹ si̯en²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiānbùxiān",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "先不先"
    }
  ],
  "word": "首先"
}
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    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Elementary Mandarin"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "The first thing (I/we) saw was the estuary of Thames.",
          "ref": "首先看到的是泰晤士河的出海口。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "Shǒuxiān kàndào de shì Tàiwùshì Hé de chūhǎikǒu. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first of all; first; firstly"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "primarily"
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          "primarily",
          "primarily"
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      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒuxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sú-siên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siú-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² soin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒuxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒusian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shou³-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shǒu-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shooushian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шоусянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šousjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sáu sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sau² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seo² xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sú-siên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "su` xien´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "su³ xian¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³¹ si̯en²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siú-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siwsiefn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siú soiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐu̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su³¹ si̯en²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siu⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xiānbùxiān",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "先不先"
    }
  ],
  "word": "首先"
}
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  "trace": ""
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