# 原先 (yuánxiān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 原先 (yuánxiān) means “originally; formerly”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: originally; formerly
- Pinyin: yuánxiān (yuan2 xian1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这里原先是一个小公园。
  Zhèlǐ yuánxiān shì yí gè xiǎo gōngyuán.
  This place was originally a small park.

## Characters

- [原](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-original/) (yuán): original; former
- [先](https://hanziro.com/word/xian-first/) (xiān): first; beforehand

https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-xian-originally/

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