先生
xiān​sheng HSK1

mister

先生 xiān​sheng
mister noun
a polite title for a man or a way to address a male stranger; Mr. or sir

王先生，这是您的外套。

Wáng xiān​sheng, zhè shì nín de wài​tào.

Mr. Wang, here is your coat.

teacher noun
a traditional or respectful term for a teacher or a learned person

他是一位德高望重的先生。

tā shì yī wèi dé​gāo​wàng​zhòng de xiān​sheng.

He is a highly respected gentleman.

husband noun
a polite way to refer to one's own or someone else's husband

我先生正在出差。

wǒ xiān​sheng zhèng​zài chū​chāi.

My husband is away on business.

doctor noun
a dialectal term for a physician or medical practitioner

去请那位先生来家里给孩子看病。

qù qǐng nà wèi xiān​sheng lái jiā lǐ gěi hái​zi kàn​bìng.

Go and ask that doctor to come over and see the child.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1397.0 per million appears in 83% of films
Written text
119.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)