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句首

jù shǒu

2-character word

What 句首 means

1. start of phrase or sentence

The characters in 句首

• 句jùsentence; clause; phrase
• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)

Example sentences

• 因为 can 是助动词，在疑问句中被放到了句首。
  'can' is an auxiliary verb, so in question sentences it is brought to the start of the phrase.

Sounds the same

Read jù shǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 聚首to gather; to meet
• 据守to guard; to hold a fortified position; entrenched