首
Meaning
shǒu shou3
- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc
Example sentences
- I think we'd better sing that English song!
- Can you translate this song for me?
- He can't seem to understand that poem.
- This song reminds me of my childhood.
HSK words with 首
- 首先shǒuxiānfirst (of all)
- 首都shǒudūcapital (city)
- 首席shǒuxíchief (representative, correspondent etc)
- 首相shǒuxiàngprime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
- 首脑shǒunǎohead (of state)
- 首次shǒucìfirst
- 首批shǒupīfirst batch
- 首要shǒuyàothe most important
- 元首yuánshǒuhead of state
- 首饰shǒushìjewelry
- 回首huíshǒuto turn around; to look back
- 首府shǒufǔcapital city of an autonomous region
- 为首wéishǒuhead
- 罪魁祸首zuìkuíhuòshǒucriminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
- 首创shǒuchuàngto create
- 俯首fǔshǒuto bend one's head