shǒu

HSK 6

首 (shǒu) is a Chinese word meaning “head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)”.

Meanings

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

Related words

首先first of all; in the first place首席chief (representative, correspondent etc)元首head of state首相prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)自首to give oneself up首要the most important首都capital (city)首领head; boss; chief首饰jewelry匕首dagger首府capital city of an autonomous region首脑head (of state)

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