先勿先

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	do not	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (先勿先)		先	勿	先
alternative forms		先弗先

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shi-veq-shi / ¹sie-feq₇-sie₁

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-veq-shi
    • MiniDict: shi^平 veh shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-veq-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ vəʔ³³ ɕi²¹/
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹sie-feq₇-sie₁
    • MiniDict: sie^平 feh^入 sie^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sɪ⁴⁴ fəʔ⁴⁴ sɪ/

Adverb

先勿先

1. (Northern Wu) first off; before anything else

   倷說大家儕同意，先勿先我就勿同意。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
   倷说大家侪同意，先勿先我就勿同意。 [Suzhounese, simp.]

   ⁶ne ⁷seq ²da₆-ka₁ ²ze ²don-i₅ ¹sie-feq₇-sie₁ ⁶ngou ⁶zeu ⁷feq-don₂-i₅ [Wugniu]

   You say that everyone's on board with it — well, I for one am not.

   該頓飯，單單酒水，先勿先要五六百塊。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
   该顿饭，单单酒水，先勿先要五六百块。 [Ningbonese, simp.]

   With this meal, even if you just count the dishes for the feast, just that is going to cost a good five or six hundreds up front.

2. (dialectal Northern Wu, including Shanghainese) unexpectedly; of all things

Synonyms

• (unexpectedly):

• 出乎意料地 (chūhūyìliào de)
• 居然 (jūrán)
• 煞 (Hokkien)
• 硬敢 (Liuzhou)
• 竟 (jìng)
• 竟然 (jìngrán)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 居然 (“unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		居然, 竟然, 竟
Mandarin	Taiwan	居然, 竟然
	Liuzhou	敢, 硬敢
	Yangzhou	居然
	Singapore	竟然
Cantonese	Guangzhou	竟然
	Hong Kong	竟然, 居然, 竟然間
Southern Min	Xiamen	煞, 竟然
	Quanzhou	煞, 竟然
	Zhangzhou	煞, 竟然
	Tainan	煞, 竟然
Wu	Shanghai	居然, 竟然, 竟, 先勿先