trước tiên
Pronunciation
Northern
/ʨɨək˧˥ tiən˧˧/
Central
/tʂɨə̰k˩˧ tiəŋ˧˥/
Southern
/tʂɨək˧˥ tiəŋ˧˧/
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first of all
Adverb
first of all
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adverb
first of all Discourse, Logic, Comparison & Modality
First; used to say what should be done before other things.
vi Trước tiên, chúng ta cần chuẩn bị đầy đủ dụng cụ.
en First of all, we need to prepare all the necessary tools.
Parts
trước / tiên / A compound of trước + tiên …
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Parts
trước / tiên / A compound of trước + tiên …
OriginA compound of trước + tiên
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𠓀仙
Candidates by syllable
trước
𠓀（𠠩 / 𨎟 / 𨎠）
tiên
仙
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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cuối cùng / sau cùng
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Similar
cuối cùng / sau cùng
Use
trước khi / trước đây / ngày trước / trước hết …
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Use
trước khi / trước đây / ngày trước / trước hết …