家先生

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	one who was born earlier; mister; sir one who was born earlier; mister; sir; gentleman
simp. and trad. (家先生)		家	先生

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ga¹ xiên¹ sên¹

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ga¹ xiên¹ sên¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ka⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴ sɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

家先生

1. (Hakka, polite, term of address) venerable old person

Synonyms

• 老人 (lǎorén)
• 老人家 (polite, term of address)
• 老大人 (Hokkien, polite, term of address)
• 老年人 (lǎoniánrén)
• 老者 (lǎozhě) (literary)
• 黃髮／黄发 (huángfà) (literary)