首先
Meaning
shǒuxiān shou3 xian1
- first (of all)
- in the first place
Example sentences
- Firstly, happiness is related to money.
- In the first place, I would like to announce several new regulations.
- At first, I had no idea why.
- Firstly, let's check the attendance.
Words sharing a character
- 首席shǒuxíchief (representative, correspondent etc)
- 首都shǒudūcapital (city)
- 首相shǒuxiàngprime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
- 首批shǒupīfirst batch
- 首要shǒuyàothe most important
- 元首yuánshǒuhead of state
- 首饰shǒushìjewelry
- 首脑shǒunǎohead (of state)
- 回首huíshǒuto turn around; to look back
- 首府shǒufǔcapital city of an autonomous region