優先

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See also: 优先

Chinese

excellent; superior
early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
 
trad. (優先) 優 先
simp. (优先) 优 先

Pronunciation

Verb

優先

  1. to have priority; to take precedence
    優先目標／优先目标  ―  yōuxiān mùbiāo  ―  priority
    優先通道／优先通道  ―  yōuxiān tōngdào  ―  priority lane
    優先登機／优先登机  ―  yōuxiān dēngjī  ―  priority boarding

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
優 先
ゆう
Grade: 6 		せん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

優(ゆう)先(せん) • (yūsen) 

  1. priority

Antonyms

Verb

優(ゆう)先(せん)する • (yūsen suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 優(ゆう)先(せん)し (yūsen shi), past 優(ゆう)先(せん)した (yūsen shita))

  1. take priority

Conjugation

Conjugation of "優先する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 優先し ゆうせんし yūsen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 優先し ゆうせんし yūsen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 優先する ゆうせんする yūsen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 優先する ゆうせんする yūsen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 優先すれ ゆうせんすれ yūsen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 優先せよ¹
優先しろ² 		ゆうせんせよ¹
ゆうせんしろ² 		yūsen seyo¹
yūsen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 優先される ゆうせんされる yūsen sareru
Causative 優先させる
優先さす 		ゆうせんさせる
ゆうせんさす 		yūsen saseru
yūsen sasu
Potential 優先できる ゆうせんできる yūsen dekiru
Volitional 優先しよう ゆうせんしよう yūsen shiyō
Negative 優先しない ゆうせんしない yūsen shinai
Negative continuative 優先せず ゆうせんせず yūsen sezu
Formal 優先します ゆうせんします yūsen shimasu
Perfective 優先した ゆうせんした yūsen shita
Conjunctive 優先して ゆうせんして yūsen shite
Hypothetical conditional 優先すれば ゆうせんすれば yūsen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
優先

Noun

優先 • (useon) (hangeul 우선)

  1. hanja form? of 우선 (“priority”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
優先

Adjective

優先

  1. chữ Hán form of ưu tiên (“prioritised; preferred”).

Verb

優先

  1. chữ Hán form of ưu tiên (“to prioritize”).
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