teacher · gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) · husband · (dialect) doctor · CL:位 wèi

xiān sheng

x+iān·1st tonesh+eng·neutral tone

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Mr Davis looks very tired.

Davis先生看上去很累。

This is Mr Yasuda.

这位是安田先生。

Mr Tani is not so much a scholar as a journalist.

Tani 先生与其说是学者，倒不如说是新闻工作者。

Sir, you have left your lighter on the table.

先生，您把您的打火机留在桌子上了。

It happened that I met Mr Uno on the street.

我碰巧在街上遇到了Uno先生。

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