頭先

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See also: 头先

Chinese

head; (noun suffix)
 
early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (頭先)
simp. (头先)
anagram 先頭先头

Pronunciation


Note: tao5 sain1 - Jieyang.

Adverb

頭先

  1. (dialectal) firstly; originally
  2. (dialectal) most importantly
  3. (dialectal) just; just now; a moment ago
    唔係頭先 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔系头先 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 m4 hai6 tau4 sin1 heoi3 zo2 gaa3 me1?
    Didn't you just go?

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭先):
  • Vietnamese: đầu tiên (頭先)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

頭先

  1. chữ Hán form of đầu tiên (first).