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Information of 首
Pinyin
shǒu
Radical
首
Strokes
9 strokes
Usage
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Definition
head / chief / first (occasion) / first (thing) / measure word for poems
首 [shǒu]
名词 (Noun)
1. 头，脑袋：head (e.g., 头饰 - head decoration; 头级 - head rank; 头肯 - to nod in agreement).
2. 领导的人，带头的：chief; leader (e.g., 首领 - leader; 元首 - head of state; 首脑 - head figure; 首相 - premier).
3. 第一，最高：first; highest (e.g., 首都 - capital; 首府 - principal city).
4. 最先，最早：beginning; earliest (e.g., 首次 - first time; 首届 - inaugural session; 首创 - first invention; 首日封 - first day cover; 首义 - first uprising).
5. 出头告发：inform; to finger (e.g., 自首 - to confess; 出首 - to inform).
6. 量词，指诗和歌：a piece (e.g., 一首诗 - a poem).
7. 姓：a surname.
形容词 (Adjective)
1. 第一：first (e.g., 首公 - to prioritize public services; 首功 - primary contribution; 首选 - top choice; 首位 - first position).
2. 形容迟疑不决：hesitating (e.g., 首施 - to hesitate; 首鼠 - to waver).
动词 (Verb)
1. 告发：to inform; to finger (e.g., 首诉 - to inform on).
2. 自首，犯人自己到有关部门去交代罪行：to surrender (e.g., 自首 - to confess; 首状 - statement of confession).
3. 头向着：to face (e.g., 首丘 - to turn towards one’s hometown).
4. 向着…出发：to start towards (e.g., 首路 - to set out).
5. 屈服; 服罪：to yield (e.g., 首罪 - to confess a crime).
6. 标明; 显示：to show.
副词 (Adverb)
1. 最早; 首先：at first (e.g., 首创 - to initiate).
量词 (Measure word)
(English: a piece of poetry, song, etc.) (e.g., 唐诗三百首 - Three Hundred Tang Poems).