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tiên sinh

Pronunciation Northern /tiən˧˧ sïŋ˧˧/ Central /tiəŋ˧˥ ʂïn˧˥/ Southern /tiəŋ˧˧ ʂɨn˧˧/
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sir
Noun
sir
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
sir Greetings & PolitenessTheme

A respectful term used to address or refer to a senior or knowledgeable person.

vi Chào tiên sinh, tôi có thể giúp gì được cho ông không?

en Hello, sir, is there anything I can help you with?

Parts
tiên / sinh / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 先生 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 先生

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
先生
Candidates by syllable
tiên 仙 sinh 生
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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tiền sinh
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Use
hi di tiên sinh / huyền hồ tiên sinh / đầu tiên / tiên tri …
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