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首次

shǒu cì

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

首次 (shǒu cì) means "first; first time; for the first time". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 首次 means

1. first
2. first time
3. for the first time

The characters in 首次

• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
• 次cìnext in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)

Example sentences

• 首次遇到汤姆，我以为他是女的。
  Shǒucì yùdào Tāngmǔ, wǒ yǐwéi tā shì nǚde.
  The first time that I saw Tom, I thought that he was a girl.
• 首次订购可获九五折的特别优惠。
  Shǒucì dìnggòu kě huò jiǔ wǔ zhé de tèbié yōuhuì.
  Your initial order is subject to a special discount of 5%.
• 在一九五八年，巴西首次夺得了世界杯的冠军。
  Zài yī jiǔ wǔ bā nián, Bāxī shǒucì duódé le shìjiè bēi de guànjūn.
  In 1958, Brazil won its first World Cup victory.
• 科学家称，他们在南美洲安第斯山脉的云雾森林中发现了一种新的食肉动物物种，这是 30 多年来的首次此类发现。
  Scientists say they have found a new species of carnivore in the cloud forests of the Andes mountains in South America — the first discovery of its kind in more than 30 years.
• 这次任务充满了里程碑：这将是韩国女性首次进入太空轨道，也是代表韩国的蒜味辣白菜——「泡菜」，第一次出现在零重力餐桌上。
  The mission is full of landmarks: it will be the first time a South Korean woman has headed into orbit, and it will also be the first time that "kimchi"—that spicy, garlicky cabbage dish that epitomizes South Korea—will be served at the zero-gravity dinner table.
• 「我昨天首次见到了一个我网上认识的朋友。」「就是老是在你口头的那个叫汤姆的小伙子？」「没错。」「然后怎么样呢？」「他没我想像中那样好看。」
  "I met a friend for the first time yesterday who I'd got to know online." "Ah, this Tom fella you're always going on about." "That's the one!" "And how was it?" "He wasn't as good-looking as I thought he'd be."

Words starting with 首次

• 首次注视时间shǒu cì zhù shì shí jiān(psychology) first fixation duration
• 首次公开募股shǒu cì gōng kāi mù gǔinitial public offering (IPO)
• 首次公开招股shǒu cì gōng kāi zhāo gǔsee 首次公开募股

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