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Jyutping sin1 bui3
Pinyin xiān bèi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. elders
  2. former generations
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    ancestor; predecessor
    (syn.) 先人, 公婆, 皇考, 老祖宗, 先祖, 公媽, 上辈, 先古, 公妈, 上辈子, 早匀, 父祖, 早勻, 先君, 上輩子, 老輩, 老辈, 祖上, 祖先, 先代, 上輩, 祖宗
  2. noun
    older generation; senior; elder
    (syn.) 早勻, 老輩, 前辈, 老辈, 前輩, 早匀
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    一八六九年,徐肇开先辈来到了但尼丁市(DUNEDIN),但尼丁市,老华侨有时称作丹衣顿。
    一八六九年,徐肇開先輩來到了但尼丁市(DUNEDIN),但尼丁市,老華僑有時稱作丹衣頓。
    yī bā liù jiǔ nián , xú zhào kāi xiān bèi lái dào - le dàn ní dīng - shì ( DUNEDIN ) , dàn ní dīng - shì , lǎo huá qiáo yǒu shí chēng zuò dān yī dùn .
    • In 1869, Xu Zhaokai went to the city of "但尼丁" (Dunedin), which was also called 丹衣頓 by overseas Chinese residents.