优
先

To have priority in Chinese: 优先 (yōu xiān)

yōu xiān

to have priority

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 優先1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to have priority
  2. 2to take precedence

Stroke order

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优
先

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄡ

yōu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ou—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄢ

xiān

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

优先

Simplified

優先

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们应该优先解决这个问题。

    wǒ men yīng gāi yōu xiān jiě jué zhè ge wèn tí。

    We should give priority to solving this problem.

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Related words

先

xiān

early

优

yōu

excellent

先生

xiān sheng

teacher

首先

shǒu xiān

first (of all)

优点

yōu diǎn

merit

优秀

yōu xiù

outstanding

事先

shì xiān

in advance

优惠

yōu huì

privilege

优美

yōu měi

graceful

优势

yōu shì

superiority

祖先

zǔ xiān

ancestors

领先

lǐng xiān

to lead

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