[xiān]
[名]
（時間或次序在前的） earlier; before; first; in advance
make clear beforehand
有言在先
strive to be the first and fear to lag behind
爭先恐后
You don't have to pay in advance.
你不必先付款。
Make an outline before you start writing.
你先擬個提綱再寫。
He arrived earlier than I did.; He arrived there before me.
他比我先到。
He is far in advance of his class.
他在班上遙遙領先。
Don't go yet, comrades.
同志們先別走。
Let me say a few words first.
我先說幾句。
Be a pupil before you become a teacher.
先做學生，再做先生。
（祖先； 上代） elder generation; ancestor
ancestor: forefather
祖先
（尊稱死去的人） deceased; late
my late father
先父
[口] （先前） earlier on; before
Why didn't you tell me before?
你先怎么不告訴我?
（姓氏） a surname
Xian Zhen
先軫