先
xiān
Meaning
- beforehand · first · earlier · at first · originally
- for the time being · for now
- my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
Example sentences
你想先去哪里?
你想先去哪裏?
nǐ xiǎng xiān qù nǎ lǐ?
Where would you like to go first?
要是我回来晚了，不用等我，你先睡。
要是我回來晚了，不用等我，你先睡。
yào shì wǒ huí lái wǎn le， bù yòng děng wǒ， nǐ xiān shuì。
If I come back late, don't wait for me, you go to sleep first.
先让曲奇待在那里吧。
先讓曲奇待在那裏吧。
xiān ràng qū qí dài zài nà lǐ ba。
Let the cookies stay there for now.