首
shǒu
HSK level: HSK 4
Meaning
head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
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Characters
Examples
我爱这首歌。
Wǒ ài zhè shǒu gē.
I love this song.
和我唱首歌。
Hé wǒ chàng shǒu gē.
Sing a song with me.
他唱了一首歌。
Tā chàng le yī shǒu gē.
He sang a song.
Words with this character
首先 shǒu xiān first of all首席 shǒu xí chief首都 shǒu dū capital首相 shǒu xiàng prime minister首批 shǒu pī first batch首要 shǒu yào the most important元首 yuán shǒu head of state首饰 shǒu shì jewelry首脑 shǒu nǎo head回首 huí shǒu to turn around首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region为首 wéi shǒu head罪魁祸首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader首次 shǒu cì first首创 shǒu chuàng to originate俯首 fǔ shǒu to bend one's head首发 shǒu fā first issue吉首 Jí shǒu see 吉首市 Jí shǒu Shì界首 Jiè shǒu see 界首市 Jiè shǒu Shì石首 Shí shǒu see 石首市 Shí shǒu Shì首尔 Shǒu ěr Seoul, capital of South Korea案首 àn shǒu candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level昂首 áng shǒu head high