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优先

yōu xiān

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 優先

优先 (yōu xiān) means "to have priority". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 优先 means

1. to have priority; to take precedence

The characters in 优先

• 优yōuexcellent; superior
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now

Example sentences

• 女士优先。
  Nǚshìyōuxiān.
  Ladies first.
• 女士优先!
  Nǚshì yōuxiān!
  Ladies first!
• 相机品质是我的优先考量。
  Camera quality is a top priority for me.
• 有驾照者优先得到这个职位。
  Yǒu jiàzhào zhě yōuxiān dédào zhège zhíwèi.
  Having a driver's license is an advantage for this job.

Words starting with 优先

• 优先级yōu xiān jí(computing) priority level; (computing) precedence (of operators)
• 优先承购权yōu xiān chéng gòu quánprior purchase right; right of first refusal (ROFR); preemptive right to purchase
• 优先股yōu xiān gǔpreferred stock
• 优先认股权yōu xiān rèn gǔ quánpreemptive right (in share issue)

Words containing 优先

• 女士优先nǚ shì yōu xiānLadies first!

Where 优先 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yíng–yōu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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