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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

先生 [xiānsheng]

1. noun [指男士] Mr

吴先生

Mr Wu
2. noun [老师] teacher
3. noun [丈夫] husband
4. noun [医生] doctor

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

先生 [xiānsheng]

1. teacher

要做人民的先生，先做人民的学生。

To be a teacher of the people, one must first be their pupil.
2. Mister (Mr.); gentleman; sir

总统先生

Mr. President

女士们，先生们！

Ladies and gentlemen!
3. husband

她先生出差去了。

Her husband is away on business.

我先生不在家。

My husband is out.
4. [dialect] doctor
5. [old-fashioned] usu. used in

账房先生

bookkeeper

算命先生

fortune-teller

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

先生 [xiānsheng]

1. 名老师。
2. 名对年龄长于自己的有学问有声望的人的敬称。
3. 名对男士的敬称

先生贵姓？
4. 名对别人的丈夫或自己的丈夫的称呼(前面常有人称代词限定)

她先生非常精明。
5. 名某些地区对医生的称呼

老人病重，赶快去请先生吧！
6. 名旧时对文秘或管账人员的称呼

账房先生。
7. 名旧时对以说书、卖唱、相面、算卦、看风水等为职业的人的称呼

风水先生。

算命先生。

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Examples

今天晚上在长安大戏院梅葆玖先生和谭元寿先生连袂演出《打渔杀家》。: Tonight in the Chang'an Grand Theatre, Mei Baojiu and Tan Yuanshou will perform together in " Da Yu Sha Jia". → 连袂
整理发表先生遗稿，以慰先生在天之灵。 → 在天之灵
道学先生: a scholar rigidly adhering to principles, esp. Confucian principles; pedant → 道学
现在广播找人，詹姆斯•史密斯先生，请到服务台去。: Attention please, paging Mr. James Smith, would you please go to the reception desk. → 广播找人
某先生台鉴。: Dear Mr. so-and-so: May I draw your attention to the following. → 鉴
某某先生千古！: Eternal repose to Mr. So-and-so! → 千古
我们热烈欢迎千里迢迢从海外专程前来参加纪念活动的各位先生。: We warmly welcome all those who made a special trip, travelling all the way across the seas to join us in the commemoration ceremonies. → 千里迢迢
这一题词是鲁迅先生的手笔。: This inscription is in Lu Xun's own handwriting. → 手笔
赵先生、钱先生他们都下班走了。: Both Mr. Zhao and Mr. Qian have left the office for the day. → 他们
要做人民的先生，先做人民的学生。: To be a teacher of the people, one must first be their pupil. → 先生; 174 more results

Word Decomposition

先 [xiān]	+	生 [shēng]

nciku Note

老师 vs. 先生

“老师”和“先生”都可指教师。“老师”用得更为普通，从幼儿园到高等学府，对教师都可称“老师”（包括当面称呼）。“先生”较特殊，只用于某些高等学府，也可以当面称呼。
Both 老师 and 先生 mean “teacher." 老师 is more common. Form elementary school through college, teachers can all be referred to as "老师" (this also includes addressing a teacher face-to-face). 先生 is more restricted in its usage, and can only be used in universities and colleges; it can also be used when addressing a teacher face-to-face.
“老师”还用于社会上对一些资历较深的文化人的称呼。
老师is also used to address older and experienced intellectuals.
“先生”则用于社会上男性人士的称呼。
先生 is used to address or refer to a man.
(1)他是我的小学老师。
（2）张老师写过很多精彩的评论。
（3）这位是李先生，在外贸公司工作。
（4）请问先生贵姓？
“先生”还可以用来称呼别人的丈夫或对人称自己的丈夫。
先生 can also be used to address someone else’s husband or to refer to one’s own husband.
(5)那是李女士，旁边那位是她先生。

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