先勿先

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Chinese

early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
 
 do not
early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
 
simp. and trad.
(先勿先) 		先 勿 先
alternative forms 先弗先

Pronunciation

Adverb

先勿先

  1. (Northern Wu) first off; before anything else
    倷說大家儕同意，先勿先我就勿同意。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
    倷说大家侪同意，先勿先我就勿同意。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
    6ne 7seq 2da6-ka1 2ze 2don-i5 1sie-feq7-sie1 6ngou 6zeu 7feq-don2-i5 [Wugniu]
    You say that everyone's on board with it — well, I for one am not.
    該頓飯，單單酒水，先勿先要五六百塊。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
    该顿饭，单单酒水，先勿先要五六百块。 [Ningbonese, simp.]
    With this meal, even if you just count the dishes for the feast, just that is going to cost a good five or six hundreds up front.
  2. (dialectal Northern Wu, including Shanghainese) unexpectedly; of all things

Synonyms

  • (unexpectedly):
Dialectal synonyms of 居然 (“unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 居然, 竟然, 竟
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 居然, 竟然
Singapore 竟然
Southwestern Mandarin Liuzhou 敢, 硬敢
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 居然
Cantonese Guangzhou 竟然
Hong Kong 竟然, 居然, 竟然間
Southern Min Xiamen 煞, 竟然
Quanzhou 煞, 竟然
Zhangzhou 煞, 竟然
Tainan 煞, 竟然
Jieyang 夰, 紲, 一回, 落, 敢敢
Wu Shanghai 居然, 竟然, 竟, 先勿先, 伊講
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