「先知」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: sin1 zi1
Individual
Character Meaning:
先 first; earlier; before; temporarily; tentatively; for the time being; for now; not until; then and only then; for no other reason; only; actually; really; in fact; ago; used as a prefix
知 to know; knowledge; to realise; to understand; to inform
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
  • prophet
    (Cant.) 摩mo1西sai1同tung4時si4係hai6基gei1督duk1教gaau3同tung4伊ji1斯si1蘭laan4教gaau3嘅ge3先sin1知zi1。
    (Eng.) Moses is a prophet for both Christianity and Islam.

  • to refer figuratively to a person who gets to know things very early or has a knack of accurately predicting the future
    (Cant.) 小siu2明ming4真zan1係hai6先sin1知zi1嚟lai4㗎gaa3,佢keoi5尋cam4日jat6話waa6恆hang4指zi2今gam1日jat6會wui5冧lam3一jat1千cin1點dim2,點dim2知zi1真zan1係hai6冧lam3咗zo2。
    (Eng.) John truly is a seer; yesterday he predicted that the Hang Seng Index would drop by 1000 points, and it did today!

See also: 仲好講 先先 先排 先頭 無啦啦 老老實實 話知 講耶穌 題外話 鬼知 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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