首 shǒu

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Traditional form

首 shǒu

Contains the radical

首 shǒu

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Learning hint

A deer's head 自 zì adorned with antlers 丷 ha

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱丷自

Explanation

Pictograph of a head (hair above an eye).

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 首 shǒu in different contexts.

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演员 yǎnyuán 不出声地哼 hēng 着 zhāo 那 Nā 首 shǒu 已经 yǐjīng 事先 shìxiān 录 Lù 好 hǎo 音 yīn 的 de 歌曲 gē qǔ .

The actor mouthed the words of the recorded song.

音乐 yīnyuè 教 Jiào 师 Shī 教 Jiào 他们 tā men 用和声演唱 yǎn chàng 这 zhè 首 shǒu 新 Xīn 歌 gē .

The singing teacher taught them to harmonise the new song.

横眉冷对千夫指 héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ , 俯首甘为孺子牛.

Fierce - browed , I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers ; headbowed , like a willing ox I serve the children.

伏明霞 Fú Míng xiá 成为 chéngwéi 中国 Zhōngguó 首 shǒu 位 wèi 拥有 yōngyǒu 5枚 Méi 奥运 Aò yùn 金牌 jīn pái 的 de 女 nǚ 选手 xuǎnshǒu .

A : Fu Mingxia became the first Chinese woman with 5 career medals.

西班牙 Xī bān yá 建筑 jiànzhù 家 jiā 安东尼 Ān dōng ní ·高 Gāo 迪 dí 是 shì 首先 shǒuxiān 理解 lǐjiě 这 zhè 点 diǎn 的 de .

Antonio Gaudi , a Spanish architect , was the first to understand that.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 首 shǒu in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
首 shǒu	head	首 shǒu
首先 shǒuxiān	first (of all)	首先 shǒuxiān
首次 shǒu cì	first	首次 shǒu cì
首都 shǒudū	capital (city)	首都 shǒudū
首席 shǒu xí	chief (representative, correspondent etc)	首席 shǒu xí
首相 shǒu xiàng	prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)	首相 shǒu xiàng
首要 shǒuyào	the most important	首要 shǒuyào
元首 yuánshǒu	head of state	元首 yuánshǒu
首发 shǒu fā	first issue	首發
自首 zì shǒu	to give oneself up	自首 zì shǒu
首领 shǒu lǐng	head	首領
首届 shǒu jiè	first session (of a conference etc)	首屆
为首 wéi shǒu	head	為首
首饰 shǒushì	jewelry	首飾
首选 shǒu xuǎn	premium	首選
首位 shǒu wèi	first place	首位 shǒu wèi
首脑 shǒu nǎo	leader	首腦
匕首 bǐ shǒu	dagger	匕首 bǐ shǒu
首轮 shǒu lún	first round (of a competition etc)	首輪
回首 huí shǒu	to turn around	回首 huí shǒu
首长 shǒu zhǎng	senior official	首長
首府 shǒu fǔ	capital city of an autonomous region	首府 shǒu fǔ
榜首 bǎng shǒu	top of the list	榜首 bǎng shǒu
首家 shǒu jiā	first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc)	首家 shǒu jiā
首映 shǒu yìng	premiere (of a movie)	首映 shǒu yìng