Chinese ⇄ English

先 xiān
gen.	ahead; before; first; anteriority; pre-; ante-; fore-; pro-
archit.	early
plast.	pre
steel.	priority
先行 xiān
gen.	antecede
词头先 xiān
gen.	pro-
预，领先 xiān
gen.	advance
在先 xiān
gen.	priority
Chinese thesaurus
先 xiān
instead.	先令 (шиллинг)

先: 9654 phrases in 179 subjects

	2
Advertising	32
Agriculture	230
Air defense	92
American usage, not spelling	1
Animal husbandry	88
Archery	1
Architecture	38
Artificial intelligence	24
Athletics	33
Audio electronics	1
Automatic control	1
Automobiles	139
Aviation	922
Badminton	1
Banking	1
Baseball	14
Basketball	7
Billiards	9
Biology	14
Bodybuilding	17
Botany	2
Bowling	1
Boxing	6
Bridge card game	9
Bridge construction	37
British usage, not spelling	1
Business	504
Cables and cable production	1
Cartography	1
Ceramics	1
Chemistry	25
Chess	27
China	71
Clothing	1
Commerce	144
Communications	11
Compressors	10
Computer networks	18
Computer numerical control	3
Computers	9
Construction	11
Consulting	15
Corporate governance	32
Cosmetics and cosmetology	2
Croquet	1
Cryptography	5
Cycle sport	11
Cycling other than sport	10
Cytogenetics	2
Darts	3
Dentistry	7
Dermatology	133
Desert science	27
Diplomacy	2
Doping	1
Drilling	14
Earth sciences	51
Ecology	11
Economy	421
Education	1
Electric machinery	2
Electricity	1
Electronics	787
Energy industry	1
Engineering geology	29
Environment	4
Equestrian sports	2
Exhibitions	18
Explosives and Explosive Ordnance Disposal	26
Fencing	2
Figurative	1
Figure skating	2
Finances	245
Fishery fishing industry	6
Food industry	1
Food service and catering	2
Football	25
Footwear	1
Gambling	1
General	921
Genetics	124
Geology	2
Geophysics	3
Golf	12
Gymnastics	5
Health care	3
Heavy equipment vehicles	2
Horse racing	5
Human resources	1
Hunting	1
Hydroelectric power stations	19
Ice hockey	2
Information technology	204
International Monetary Fund	51
International trade	215
Karate	1
Labor law	2
Labor organization	1
Latin	14
Law	8
Librarianship	7
Life sciences	33
Lighting other than cinema	2
Logistics	14
Management	39
Marketing	13
Mathematics	27
Mechanics	4
Medical	7
Metallurgy	160
Microelectronics	2
Microsoft	1
Military	9
Mining	14
Molecular genetics	2
Morphology	1
Multimedia	20
Name of organization	7
Nautical	10
Navigation	3
North American USA and Canada	1
Nuclear and fusion power	2
Nursing	103
Oil / petroleum	72
Oil processing plants	7
Otorhinolaryngology	66
Outdoor activities and extreme sports	5
Packaging	1
Pharmacology	69
Planning	9
Plastic surgery	34
Plastics	8
Politics	1
Polo	6
Polygraphy	2
Polymers	4
Power system protection	2
Prefix	3
Project management	81
Proverb	1
Psychology	2
Racing and motorsport	4
Radio	2
Rail transport	15
Refrigeration	3
Reproductive biology	56
Roll stock	2
Rowing	1
Rugby football	3
Scuba diving	14
Securities	432
Selective breeding	3
Shipbuilding	45
Space	513
Speed skating	3
Sports	147
Statistics	1
Steel production	4
Submarines	1
Sumo	1
Superconductivity	2
Surgery	136
Swimming	2
Table tennis	9
Technology	933
Telecommunications	158
Tennis	21
Textile industry	139
United Kingdom	1
United Nations	24
United States	54
Ventilation	1
Veterinary medicine	1
Volleyball	2
Water polo	1
Water resources	2
Wind Energy	1
Wushu	2