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Jyutping jyun4 sin1
Pinyin yuán xiān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. originally
  2. original
  3. former
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    見​原本
    originally; formerly
    • 佢原先話去,而家又唔去。
      佢原先话去,而家又唔去。
      originally he agreed to go with us, but it was a no show.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    originally
    (syn.) 上頭仔, 原來, 旧底, 就跟儿, 当初, 就跟兒, 本則來, 劈頭, 原本, 本來, 一開始, 起始, 起初, 劈头, 始初, 原本榻里, 本来, 本底子, 一插手兒, 先頭, 寝头, 开先, 頭仔, 一插手儿, 寢頭, 本然, 头起先, 本则来, 原本榻裡, 本底, 本成, 頭頭, 自本, 初初, 原来, 當初時, 最初, 上头仔, 起頭, 先头, 一开始, 乍出猛兒, 当初时, 開先, 早先, 起首, 乍出猛儿, 當初, 起手, 原底, 起头, 开初, 原旦, 头仔, 頭起先, 本生, 舊底, 先前, 開初, 在本, 起先
    • 原先系畀你食嘅。
      原先系畀你食嘅。
      jyun4 sin1 hai6 bei2 nei5 sik6 ge3.
      It was originally for you to eat.
  2. adj, attributive
    original
    • 原先計劃
      原先计划
      yuán xiān jì huà
      original plan; as originally planned
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #939
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    今日真系好开心呀!晏昼玩抽奖,等嗌冧巴啦,轮到三奖喇,原先𠮶个咁啱行开咗㖞,再抽就抽中我,真系冷手执个热煎堆。
    今日真係好開心呀!晏晝玩抽獎,等嗌冧巴啦,輪到三獎喇,原先嗰個咁啱行開咗喎,再抽就抽中我,真係冷手執個熱煎堆。
    gam1 jat6 zan1 hai6 hou2 hoi1 sam1 aa3! aan4 zau3 waan2 cau1 zoeng2, dang2 aai3 lam1 baa2 laa1, leon4 dou3 saam1 zoeng2 laa3, jyun4 sin1 go2 go3 gam3 aam1 haang4 hoi1 zo2 wo4, zoi3 cau1 zau6 cau1 zung6 ngo5, zan1 hai6 laang5 sau2 zap1 go3 jit6 zi1 deoi1.
    • I'm so happy today! I joined a lucky draw this afternoon and waited for calling the numbers. When it came to the third prize, the person wasn't there and it became my turn after the second draw, how fortunate!
  2. Cantonese
    佢上诉得直,终审法院推翻原先嘅判决。
    佢上訴得直,終審法院推翻原先嘅判決。
    keoi5 soeng6 sou3 dak1 zik6, zung1 sam2 faat3 jyun2 teoi1 faan1 jyun4 sin1 ge3 pun3 kyut3.
    • His appeal was successful that the Court of Final Appeal overturned the original decision.
  3. Cantonese
    佢呢场波打正选,取代原先打相同位置受伤嘅球员。
    佢呢場波打正選,取代原先打相同位置受傷嘅球員。
    • He is the starter this match, replacing the player playing the same position who is injured.
  4. Cantonese
    佢原先话去,而家又唔去。
    佢原先話去,而家又唔去。
    • originally he agreed to go with us, but it was a no show.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    原先系畀你食嘅。
    原先系畀你食嘅。
    jyun4 sin1 hai6 bei2 nei5 sik6 ge3.
    • It was originally for you to eat.
  2. Mandarin
    原先计划
    原先計劃
    yuán xiān jì huà
    • original plan; as originally planned
  3. Mandarin
    现在,她就要走了,就在走的一刻,米籽心里却有点起毛,因为此刻的心情与她原先想像的有一点不同,她原以为憧憬了三年的流浪生涯一日迈步便将如“壮士一去不复返”般的慷慨,可真的将梦想兑换成现实的最后关头,却发现自己仍在作种种挣扎。
    現在,她就要走了,就在走的一刻,米籽心裏卻有點起毛,因為此刻的心情與她原先想像的有一點不同,她原以為憧憬了三年的流浪生涯一日邁步便將如“壯士一去不復返”般的慷慨,可真的將夢想兑換成現實的最後關頭,卻發現自己仍在作種種掙扎。
    xiàn zài , tā jiù yào zǒu le , jiù zài zǒu de yī kè , mǐ zǐ xīn lǐ què yǒu diǎn qǐ máo , yīn wèi cǐ kè de xīn qíng yǔ tā yuán xiān xiǎng xiàng de yǒu yī diǎn bù tóng , tā yuán yǐ wèi chōng jǐng le sān nián de liú làng shēng yá yī rì mài bù biàn jiāng rú “ zhuàng shì yī qù bù fù fǎn ” bān de kāng kǎi , kě zhēn de jiāng mèng xiǎng duì huàn chéng xiàn shí de zuì hòu guān tóu , què fā xiàn zì jǐ réng zài zuò zhǒng zhǒng zhèng zhá .
    • Now, she was about to leave. Right at the moment when she was leaving, Mizi got a little flustered in her heart because how she felt at this moment was different from how she originally imagined it. She had thought that once she stepped into the vagrant life she had been longing for for three years, she would have a big heart as "a warrior that goes without returning", but at the last critical point before her dream is exchanged for reality, she realized that she was still dealing with all sorts of struggles.