先勿先
Chinese
editearly; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
do not | early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first | ||
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simp. and trad. (先勿先) |
先 | 勿 | 先 | |
alternative forms | 先弗先 |
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit先勿先
- (Northern Wu) first off; before anything else
- (dialectal Northern Wu, including Shanghainese) unexpectedly; of all things
Synonyms
edit- (unexpectedly):
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 |