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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
xiān - beforehand; first; earlier
- at first; originally
- for the time being; for now
- (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 1 242 372 246

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱⿰?

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Someone stepping 止 in front of another person 儿

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
先生 1 1 93 1,081 1,911
3 1 242 372 246
首先 4 3 860 898 2,853
领先 6 3 3,359 2,219 6,774
事先 5 4 3,803 5,720 10,409
先进 6 3 5,078 1,305 6,685
先知 - - 5,205 22,700 13,913
优先 6 5 5,495 3,972 5,080
祖先 5 7 7,073 14,164 17,854
先前 6 5 7,174 7,994 17,523
原先 6 5 7,627 6,556 14,681
最先 - - 7,635 10,157 10,345
预先 6 7 8,744 12,181 20,456
先例 - 8 11,745 16,856 34,059
抢先 - - 12,668 12,067 9,381
早先 - - 13,705 23,385 34,369
起先 - - 13,850 29,672 36,257
先锋 - 6 14,796 7,122 6,225
先驱 - - 15,801 16,933 29,055
先行 - - 16,591 7,704 14,435
先后 - 5 17,117 1,774 8,629
先令 - - 18,138 59,735 64,383
遥遥领先 - - 18,758 24,910 40,609
先辈 - - 18,811 39,605 42,715
好好先生 - - 19,512 59,016 30,000
先发制人 - - 20,183 29,989 42,142
先天性 - - 20,222 12,710 25,716
先下手为强 - - 20,785 47,134 32,550
率先 - 4 21,588 3,801 12,588
先天 - 9 21,674 11,446 18,471
捷足先登 - - 22,305 47,514 55,494
先机 - - 22,437 17,244 21,604
优先级 - - 24,026 45,755 40,040
先人 - - 25,637 27,437 25,000
先入为主 - - 25,875 41,843 34,833
先头 - - 26,552 66,790 79,544
先兆 - - 26,560 32,985 40,385
先驱者 - - 29,079 51,830 64,532
先祖 - - 29,258 37,973 44,497
有约在先 - - 31,593 - -
争先恐后 6 9 31,693 24,143 29,122
一马当先 - - 33,011 37,335 55,626
先见之明 - - 33,026 52,430 33,534
在先 - - 33,660 14,553 19,577
先父 - - 35,258 55,334 90,095
先锋队 - - 35,379 35,888 62,994
先河 - - 37,587 20,505 32,292
先遣队 - - 38,019 64,376 111,259
先验 - - 40,165 42,357 69,260
先决条件 - - 40,873 27,234 51,506
先睹为快 - - 41,729 41,541 29,130
先知先觉 - - 43,791 56,071 54,419
开路先锋 - - 44,647 67,710 103,151
先锋派 - - 44,765 - -
先斩后奏 - - 46,479 68,231 51,974
先期 - - 48,463 16,799 46,066
身先士卒 - - 50,948 45,960 57,732
先声夺人 - - 51,598 42,680 76,492
先礼后兵 - - 54,046 91,975 70,733
先天不足 - - 55,741 35,921 51,047
争先 - - 56,199 31,664 41,680
先行者 - - 56,331 30,985 37,321
占先 - - 56,980 64,979 73,624
先导 - - 58,950 22,253 54,974
先烈 - - 59,319 26,915 37,509
近水楼台先得月 - - 71,002 53,631 31,227
先决 - - 71,059 91,519 113,269
敢为人先 - - 73,133 53,581 61,715
未老先衰 - - 88,537 75,636 44,529