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What 首 means

head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc

Ideographic: A deer's head 自 adorned with antlers 丷

Made of 丷 + 自

Words with 首

• 首先shǒu xiānfirst (of all); in the first place
• 首席shǒu xíchief (representative, correspondent etc)
• 首次shǒu cìfirst; first time; for the first time
• 元首yuán shǒuhead of state
• 首都shǒu dūcapital (city)
• 自首zì shǒuto give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities)
• 首领shǒu lǐnghead; boss; chief
• 匕首bǐ shǒudagger
• 首要shǒu yàothe most important; of chief importance
• 首饰shǒu shìjewelry; head ornament
• 首长shǒu zhǎngsenior official
• 首府shǒu fǔcapital city of an autonomous region

首 in a sentence

• 我的城市离首都五十千米。

  wǒ de chéng shì lí shǒu dū wǔ shí qiān mǐ 。

  My city is fifty kilometres from the capital.

• 首先，我要听听双方的意见。

  shǒu xiān ， wǒ yào tīng tīng shuāng fāng de yì jiàn 。

  First, I should hear both sides.

• 首次订购可获九五折的特别优惠。

  shǒu cì dìng gòu kě huò jiǔ wǔ zhé de tè bié yōu huì 。

  Your initial order is subject to a special discount of 5%.

• 那首歌总是让我忆起童年。

  nà shǒu gē zǒng shì ràng wǒ yì qǐ tóng nián 。

  That song always reminds me of my childhood.

• 我要为你演奏一首奏鸣曲。

  wǒ yào wèi nǐ yǎn zòu yì shǒu zòu míng qǔ 。

  I'll play a sonata for you.

Characters that sound like 首

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