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"首" Chinese-English Dictionary

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首 shǒu
Radical
185.0
Number of strokes
9
HSK
HSK 5
Cangjie
THBU 廿竹月山
Sijiao
8060.1
Wubi
UTHF
GB 2312
CAD7
Big5
ADBA
Unicode
U+9996

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese Pinyin Translation
首 shǒu head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
首先 shǒu xiān first (of all) / in the first place syn
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn
首都 shǒu dū capital (city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
首席 shǒu xí chief (representative, correspondent etc) syn
首届 首屆 shǒu jiè first session (of a conference etc) syn
首选 首選 shǒu xuǎn first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing
首饰 首飾 shǒu shì jewelry / head ornament syn
首家 shǒu jiā first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc) syn
首要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance syn
首领 首領 shǒu lǐng head / boss / chief syn
首位 shǒu wèi first place syn
首歌 shǒu gē song
首创 首創 shǒu chuàng to originate / to pioneer / to invent syn
首款 shǒu kuǎn to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc)
首相 shǒu xiàng prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) syn
首度 shǒu dù first time syn
首映 shǒu yìng to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
首脑 首腦 shǒu nǎo head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader syn
首富 shǒu fù richest individual / top millionaire syn
首例 shǒu lì first case / first instance
首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn
首轮 首輪 shǒu lún first round (of a competition etc) syn
首付 shǒu fù down payment
首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region syn
首推 shǒu tuī to regard as the foremost / to name as a prime example / to implement for the first time
首尔 首爾 shǒu ěr Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])
首尾 shǒu wěi head and tail syn
首季 shǒu jì first season / first quarter
首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
首级 首級 shǒu jí severed head syn
首层 首層 shǒu céng first floor / ground floor
首肯 shǒu kěn to give a nod of approval syn
首任 shǒu rèn first person to be appointed to a post syn
首倡 shǒu chàng to initiate syn
首办 首辦 shǒu bàn first organized / to run sth for the first time
首批 shǒu pī first batch syn
首县 首縣 shǒu xiàn principal county magistrate in imperial China
首秀 shǒu xiù debut
首邑 shǒu yì local capital / regional capital
首音 shǒu yīn (linguistics) onset
首重 shǒu zhòng to emphasize / to give the most weight to / to rank first
首字母 shǒu zì mǔ initial letters
首映式 shǒu yìng shì premiere of a movie
首付款 shǒu fù kuǎn down payment
首日封 shǒu rì fēng first day cover (philately)
首创者 首創者 shǒu chuàng zhě pioneer / trailblazer syn
首尔市 首爾市 shǒu ěr shì Seoul Metropolitan City, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005)
首尾音 shǒu wěi yīn onset and rime
Chinese Pinyin Translation
为首 為首 wéi shǒu head / be headed by syn
回首 huí shǒu to turn around / to look back / (fig.) to recall the past syn
匕首 bǐ shǒu dagger syn
榜首 bǎng shǒu top of the list syn
元首 yuán shǒu head of state syn
颔首 頷首 hàn shǒu to nod one's head syn
自首 zì shǒu to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities) syn
斩首 斬首 zhǎn shǒu to behead / to decapitate syn
聚首 jù shǒu to gather / to meet syn
昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn
页首 頁首 yè shǒu the top of the page / (word processing) page header
俯首 fǔ shǒu to bend one's head syn
翘首 翹首 qiáo shǒu to raise one's head and look syn
尸首 屍首 shī shou corpse / carcass / dead body syn
特首 tè shǒu chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao) / abbr. for 特別行政區首席執行官|特别行政区首席执行官 syn
部首 bù shǒu radical of a Chinese character
埋首 mái shǒu to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)
左首 zuǒ shǒu left-hand side syn
叩首 kòu shǒu to kowtow / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] syn
祸首 禍首 huò shǒu chief offender / main culprit syn
右首 yòu shǒu right-hand side syn
匪首 fěi shǒu bandit syn
魁首 kuí shǒu chief / first / brightest and best syn
顿首 頓首 dùn shǒu kowtow syn
门首 門首 mén shǒu doorway / gate / entrance
船首 chuán shǒu ship's bow
岁首 歲首 suì shǒu start of the year syn
皓首 hào shǒu white head of hair / fig. old person syn
字首 zì shǒu prefix
上首 shàng shǒu seat of honor / first place syn

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