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former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
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early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
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simp. and trad. (原先)
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原
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先
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Pronunciation
Adverb
原先
- originally
原先係畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
原先系畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]- jyun4 sin1 hai6 bei2 nei5 sik6 ge3.
- It was originally for you to eat.
Synonyms
- 一插手兒 / 一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 一開始 / 一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
- 上頭仔 / 上头仔 (Hokkien)
- 乍出猛兒 / 乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 先前 (1shi-zhi) (Wu)
- 先起頭 / 先起头 (Wu)
- 先頭 / 先头 (Wu)
- 最初 (zuìchū)
- 初初 (co1 co1) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
- 劈頭 / 劈头 (pītóu)
- 原 (yuán)
- 原來 / 原来 (yuánlái)
- 原初 (yuánchū)
- 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
- 原旦 (Hakka)
- 原本 (yuánběn)
- 原本榻裡 / 原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
- 在本 (Hokkien)
- 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
- 寢頭 / 寝头 (Hokkien)
- 就跟兒 / 就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 早先 (5tsau-shi) (Wu)
- 本來 / 本来 (běnlái)
- 本則來 / 本则来 (5pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
- 本底 (Hokkien)
- 本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
- 本成 (Hokkien)
- 本然 (Hokkien)
- 本生 (5pen-san) (Wu)
- 當初 / 当初 (dāngchū)
- 當初時 / 当初时 (Hokkien)
- 當原初 / 当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 自本 (Hokkien)
- 舊底 / 旧底 (Hokkien)
- 起先 (qǐxiān)
- 起初 (qǐchū)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起手 (qǐshǒu)
- 起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
- 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
- 開先 / 开先 (kai1 sienn1) (Xiang)
- 開初 / 开初 (kāichū)
- 頭仔 / 头仔 (Hokkien)
- 頭起先 / 头起先 (Hokkien)
- 頭頭 / 头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)
Adjective
原先
- (attributive) original
- 原先計劃/原先计划 ― yuánxiān jìhuà ― original plan; as originally planned
Synonyms