MEANING/意义
    先生
      
  • xiān sheng
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    mr.; husband; teacher; mister (mr.) ; doctor (topolect) 
    Type noun/名词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 王先生,你好!
      
      
    wáng xiān sheng ,ní hǎo
      
    sound for pinyin
    Hello, Mr. Wang.

  • 我是李先生。
      
      
    wǒ shì lǐ xiān sheng .
      
    sound for pinyin
    I am Mr. Li.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 老先生
      
    lǎo xiān sheng
      
    sound for pinyin
    elderly gentleman

  • 李先生
      
    lǐ xiān sheng
      
    sound for pinyin
    Mr. Li

  • 张先生
      
    zhāng xiān sheng
      
    sound for pinyin
    Mr. Zhang

  • 王先生
      
    wáng xiān sheng
      
    sound for pinyin
    Mr. Wang (to address a businessman whose surname is Wang) 

  • 东郭先生
      
    dōng guō xiān sheng
      
    sound for pinyin
    Master Dongguo (naive person who gets into trouble through being softhearted to evil people) 

  • 憨豆先生
      
    hān dòu xiān sheng
      
    sound for pinyin
    Mr. Bean

  • 好好先生
      
    háo hǎo xiān sheng
      
    sound for pinyin
    yes-man (who agrees with anything) 

  • 藤野先生
      
    téng yě xiān sheng
      
    sound for pinyin
    Fujino Genkurou; the lecturer (a character in an essay written by Lu Xun) 
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