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巴先

bā xiān

2-character word

What 巴先 means

1. (Singapore) (loanword) percent

The characters in 巴先

• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now

Sounds the same

Read bā xiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 八仙the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
• 巴仙(Singapore) (loanword) percent

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