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首

shǒu

HSK 4 Character

What 首 means

1. head
2. chief
3. first (occasion, thing etc)
4. classifier for poems, songs etc

Example sentences

• 首长好！
  Hello, Chief!
• 请唱一首歌。
  Please sing a song.
• 和我唱首歌。
  Sing a song with me.
• 我爱这首歌。
  I love this song.
• 我住在首都。
  I live in the capital.
• 他唱了一首歌。
  He sang a song.

Words starting with 首

• 首先shǒu xiānfirst of all; in the first place
• 首都shǒu dūcapital (city)
• 首要shǒu yàothe most important; of chief importance
• 首席shǒu xíchief (representative, correspondent etc)
• 首饰shǒu shìjewelry; head ornament
• 首长shǒu zhǎngsenior official
• 首相shǒu xiàngprime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
• 首选shǒu xuǎnfirst choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations
• 首脑shǒu nǎohead (of state); summit (meeting); leader
• 首领shǒu lǐnghead; boss; chief
• 首发shǒu fāfirst issue; first public showing
• 首映shǒu yìngto premiere (a movie or TV show); premiere (of a movie); first-run (movie)
• 首府shǒu fǔcapital city of an autonomous region
• 首创shǒu chuàngto originate; to pioneer; to invent
• 首富shǒu fùrichest individual; top millionaire
• 首度shǒu dùfirst time
• 首推shǒu tuīto regard as the foremost; to name as a prime example; to implement for the first time
• 首演shǒu yǎnmaiden stage role; first performance; first public showing
• 首当其冲shǒu dāng qí chōngto bear the brunt
• 首屈一指shǒu qū yī zhǐto count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding
• 首尾shǒu wěihead and tail
• 首任shǒu rènfirst person to be appointed to a post
• 首肯shǒu kěnto give a nod of approval
• 首映式shǒu yìng shìpremiere of a movie

Words containing 首

• 为首wéi shǒuhead; be headed by
• 元首yuán shǒuhead of state
• 回首huí shǒuto turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past
• 匕首bǐ shǒudagger
• 榜首bǎng shǒutop of the list
• 自首zì shǒuto give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities)
• 特首tè shǒuchief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao)…
• 罪魁祸首zuì kuí huò shǒu(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
• 痛心疾首tòng xīn jí shǒubitter and hateful (idiom); to grieve and lament (over sth)
• 颔首hàn shǒuto nod one's head
• 尸首shī shoudead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 尸首分离
• 部首bù shǒuradical of a Chinese character
• 昂首áng shǒuhead high; in high spirits; to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
• 翘首qiáo shǒuto raise one's head and look
• 上首shàng shǒuseat of honor; first place
• 斩首zhǎn shǒuto behead; to decapitate
• 聚首jù shǒuto gather; to meet
• 俯首fǔ shǒuto bend one's head
• 门首mén shǒudoorway; gate; entrance
• 昂首挺胸áng shǒu tǐng xiōnghead high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits; in fine mettle (of animal)
• 会首huì shǒuhead of a society; sponsor of an organization
• 案首àn shǒucandidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level…
• 开首kāi shǒubeginning; start; opening
• 面首miàn shǒuhandsome male companion; gigolo

Characters that look like 首

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 盲mángblind
• 昔xīformer times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
• 耆qíman of sixty or seventy

Sounds the same

Read shǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 手hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 守to guard; to defend; to keep watch
• 艏bow of a ship
• 扌"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
• 掱variant of 手