先 xiān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- 𠂒 small 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
先进
xiānjìn
advanced
Characters in this word
进 jìn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 井 well, mine shaft, pit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个办法先进。 Zhège bànfǎ xiānjìn. This method is advanced.
- 他们很先进。 Tāmen hěn xiānjìn. They are very progressive.
- 先进技术来了。 Xiānjìn jìshù lái le. Advanced technology has arrived.
Related words
- 先 xiān first, before
- 先生 xiānsheng Mr., sir; gentleman
- 领先 lǐngxiān to lead; to be ahead
- 首先 shǒuxiān first; first of all
- 事先 shìxiān in advance
- 率先 shuàixiān to be the first
- 先后 xiānhòu one after another
- 先前 xiānqián before; earlier
- 优先 yōuxiān priority; first
- 原先 yuánxiān formerly; originally
- 进 jìn to enter, to go in
- 进来 jìnlái to come in