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自首

zì shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

自首 (zì shǒu) means "to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 自首 means

1. to give oneself up
2. to surrender (to the authorities)

The characters in 自首

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)

Sounds the same

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

• 字首prefix

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