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优先

yōuxiān
verbHSK 5

“To have priority” in Chinese is 优先 (yōuxiān).

Meaning

  • to have priority; to take precedence

Example

女士优先。

Ladies first.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 悠闲 (yōuxián, leisurely) · 有限 (yǒuxiàn, limited; finite)