Tom was the first to arrive and the last to leave.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
最先
(the) very first
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(the) very first
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 最先 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 最先 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom was the first to react.
We'll probably be the first ones there.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 最先.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 最先.
Directly before
- 是最先3
- 了最先1
- 汤姆最先1
- 上最先1
- 中国最先1
Directly after
- 最先来2
- 最先出现2
- 最先登上1
- 最先在1
- 最先作出反应1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 最先
What does 最先 mean in Chinese?
最先 (zuìxiān) means (the) very first.
How do you pronounce 最先?
最先 is pronounced zuìxiān.
Is 最先 an HSK word?
最先 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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