先不先

先不先

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	not; no	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (先不先)		先	不	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiānbùxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ

  (Chengdu, SP): xian¹ bu² xian¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ bat¹ sin¹
• Min Bei (KCR): sáing-bŭ-sáing
• Xiang (Wiktionary): sienn¹ bu sienn¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiānbùxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianbushian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianbùsian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xian¹ bu² xian¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xianbuxian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn⁵⁵ pu²¹ ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ bat¹ sin¹
    • Yale: sīn bāt sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ bat⁷ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ bed¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sáing-bŭ-sáing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saiŋ⁵⁴ pu²⁴ saiŋ⁵⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sienn¹ bu sienn¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /siẽ³³ pu³ siẽ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕiẽ³³ pu³ ɕiẽ³³/

Adverb

先不先

1. first of all; first; firstly
2. (Min Bei) initially; originally; at first; in the beginning

Synonyms

• (first of all): 首先 (shǒuxiān)
• (in the beginning):

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Synonyms of 先不先

一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing) 一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ) 乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing) 先前 (Wu) 先頭／先头 (Wu) 初初 (Cantonese, Min Nan) 原來／原来 (yuánlái) 原先 (yuánxiān) 原底 (yuándǐ) (chiefly Cantonese, Min Nan) 原本 (yuánběn) 原本榻裡／原本榻里 (Wu) 在本 (Min Nan) 始初 (shǐchū) (literary) 寢頭／寝头 (Min Nan) 早先 (Wu) 最初 (zuìchū) 本來／本来 (běnlái) 本則來／本则来 (Wu, dated) 本底 (Min Nan)

本底子 (Wu, dated) 本成 (Min Nan) 本然 (Min Nan) 本生 (běnshēng) (Wu) 當初／当初 (dāngchū) 當初時／当初时 (Min Nan) 自本 (Min Nan) 舊底／旧底 (Min Nan) 起先 (qǐxiān) 起初 (qǐchū) 起始 (qǐshǐ) 起手 (qǐshǒu) 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu) 起首 (Guangzhou Cantonese) 開先／开先 (Xiang) 開初／开初 (kāichū) 頭起先／头起先 (Min Nan) 頭頭 (Cantonese, Min Dong, Min Nan)