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Jyutping sin1 hau6
Pinyin xiān hòu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. early or late
  2. priority
  3. in succession
  4. one after another
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    一個​接住​一個​;​有​次序​咁​做類​似​嘅​事
    successively; one after another
    • 先後次序
      先后次序
      sin1 hau6 ci3 zeoi6
      (sequential) order
    • 佢哋先後入座。
      佢哋先后入座。
      keoi5 dei6 sin1 hau6 jap6 zo6.
      They took their seats one after another.
  2. 近義詞
    相繼
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    continuously; one after another; bit by bit; in turn; successively; in succession
    (syn.) 相继, 一連, 前后, 连, 接连不断, 不斷, 相繼, 连连, 陸陸續續, 接连, 陆陆续续, 连续, 不断, 陆续, 纷纷, 陸續, 接連不斷, 接連, 前後, 一连, 連, 勿斷, 連紲, 連連, 勿断, 络绎, 紛紛, 連續, 絡繹, 连绁
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #814
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他主张的是出生的先后次序和个性有很密切的关系。
    他主張的是出生的先後次序和個性有很密切的關係。
    tā zhǔ zhāng de shì chū shēng de xiān hòu cì xù hé gè xìng yǒu hěn mì qiè de guān xi 。
    • His claim is that there is a close relation between birth order and personality.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    先后次序
    先後次序
    sin1 hau6 ci3 zeoi6
    • (sequential) order
  2. Cantonese
    佢哋先后入座。
    佢哋先後入座。
    keoi5 dei6 sin1 hau6 jap6 zo6.
    • They took their seats one after another.
  3. Cantonese
    佢年幼嘅时候,父母就先后去世。
    佢年幼嘅時候,父母就先後去世。
    keoi5 nin4 jau3 ge3 si4 hau6, fu6 mou5 zau6 sin1 hau6 heoi3 sai3.
    • When he was small, his parents passed away successively.
  4. 两名 70 岁的孪生兄弟先后在骑单车时遭到卡车辗毙,两起意外事故相距不到 3 小时。
    兩名 70 歲的孿生兄弟先後在騎單車時遭到卡車輾斃,兩起意外事故相距不到 3 小時。
    • Seventy-year-old twin brothers have been run over by lorries and killed while cycling in separate accidents within three hours of each other.
  5. Cantonese
    矩阵乘法系唔可以调乱先后次序㗎。
    矩陣乘法係唔可以調亂先後次序㗎。
    geoi2 zan6 sing4 faat3 hai6 m4 ho2 ji5 diu6 lyun6 sin1 hau6 ci3 zeoi6 gaa3.
    • Matrix multiplication is not commutative
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    闻道有先后,术业有专攻
    聞道有先後,術業有專攻
    wén dào yǒu xiān hòu , shù yè yǒu zhuān gōng
    • X
  2. Mandarin
    此前,“美香”已在美国诞下3只健康幼崽,分别是“泰山”“宝宝”和“贝贝”,均已先后返回中国。
    此前,“美香”已在美國誕下3只健康幼崽,分別是“泰山”“寶寶”和“貝貝”,均已先後返回中國。
    cǐ qián , “ měi xiāng ” yǐ zài měi guó dàn xià 3 zhī jiàn kāng yòu zǎi , fēn bié shì “ tài shān ” “ bǎo bǎo ” hé “ bèi bèi ” , jūn yǐ xiān hòu fǎn huí zhōng guó .
    • X
  3. Mandarin
    可口可乐虽然近百年只生产一种饮料,现在也完成了内线延伸,先后推出健怡可乐、儿童可乐、无糖可乐等,再加上芬达、酷儿、雪碧,其市场地位自然十分稳固,这些都要归功给品牌延伸。
    可口可樂雖然近百年只生產一種飲料,現在也完成了內線延伸,先後推出健怡可樂、兒童可樂、無糖可樂等,再加上芬達、酷兒、雪碧,其市場地位自然十分穩固,這些都要歸功給品牌延伸。
    kě kǒu kě lè suī rán jìn bǎi nián zhǐ shēng chǎn yī zhǒng yǐn liào , xiàn zài yě wán chéng le nèi xiàn yán shēn , xiān hòu tuī chū jiàn yí kě lè , ér tóng kě lè , wú táng kě lè děng , zài jiā shàng fēn dá , kù ér , xuě bì , qí shì chǎng dì wèi zì rán shí fēn wěn gù , zhè xiē dōu yào guī gōng gěi pǐn pái yán shēn .
    • Even though Coca-Cola has been manufacturing one type of beverage for almost a century, it has also completed its product line extension, successively releasing Diet Coke, Coke for children, Coke Zero, etc., and additionally, Fanta, Qoo, and Sprite. Its place in the market is naturally very stable; all of this must be attributed to brand extension.