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shǒu
HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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先我們必須處理這個問題。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 343117)

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Words Containing 首

首府
shǒu fǔ

capital city of an autonomous region

吉首市
jí shǒu shì

Jishou, county-level city and capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[xiāng xī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Henan

首家
shǒu jiā

first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc)

首发
shǒu fā

first issue

石首市
shí shǒu shì

Shishou, county-level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[jīng zhōu], Hubei

群龙无首
qún lóng wú shǒu

lit. a thunder of dragons without a head

首席信息官
shǒu xí xìn xī guān

chief information officer (CIO)

字首
zì shǒu

prefix

魁首
kuí shǒu

chief

首席大法官
shǒu xí dà fǎ guān

Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)

首级
shǒu jí

severed head

俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr

bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient

首善之区
shǒu shàn zhī qū

also written 首善之地[shǒu shàn zhī dì]

首字母
shǒu zì mǔ

initial letters

首倡
shǒu chàng

to initiate

首席代表
shǒu xí dài biǎo

chief representative

匪首
fěi shǒu

bandit

上首
shàng shǒu

seat of honor

首页
shǒu yè

home page (of a website)

首都机场
shǒu dū jī chǎng

Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)

船首
chuán shǒu

ship's bow

舰首
jiàn shǒu

bow of a warship

首创者
shǒu chuàng zhě

creator

埋首
mái shǒu

to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)

顿首
dùn shǒu

kowtow

首字母缩写
shǒu zì mǔ suō xiě

acronym

颔首
hàn shǒu

to nod one's head

首映式
shǒu yìng shì

premiere of a movie

祸首罪魁
huò shǒu zuì kuí

main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit

元首
yuán shǒu

head of state

缳首
huán shǒu

death by hanging

昂首
áng shǒu

head high

首层
shǒu céng

first floor

尸首
shī shou

corpse

首脑
shǒu nǎo

head (of state)

叩首
kòu shǒu

to kowtow

祸首
huò shǒu

chief offender

面首
miàn shǒu

handsome male companion

旬首
xún shǒu

start of a ten day period

首都
shǒu dū

capital (city)

首音
shǒu yīn

onset (linguistics)

首次公开招股
shǒu cì gōng kāi zhāo gǔ

initial public offering (IPO)

昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng

head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits

政府首脑
zhèng fǔ shǒu nǎo

head of state

首度
shǒu dù

first time

首都国际机场
shǒu dū guó jì jī chǎng

Beijing Capital International Airport

畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi

afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous

俯首
fǔ shǒu

to bend one's head

案首
àn shǒu

candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)

首批
shǒu pī

first batch

首席运营官
shǒu xí yùn yíng guān

chief operating officer (COO)

翘首以待
qiáo shǒu yǐ dài

to anxiously await

身首异处
shēn shǒu yì chù

to be decapitated (idiom)

枭首
xiāo shǒu

to behead

聚首
jù shǒu

to gather

首屈一指
shǒu qū yī zhǐ

to count as number one (idiom); second to none

岁首
suì shǒu

start of the year

首选
shǒu xuǎn

first choice

首战告捷
shǒu zhàn gào jié

to win the first battle

首届
shǒu jiè

first session (of a conference etc)

螭首
chī shǒu

hornless dragon head (used as ornamentation, esp. gargoyles)

首秀
shǒu xiù

debut

首都领地
shǒu dū lǐng dì

capital territory

俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén

to bow before (idiom)

首鼠两端
shǒu shǔ liǎng duān

(idiom) to hesitate

首要
shǒu yào

the most important

首席财务官
shǒu xí cái wù guān

chief financial officer (CFO)

蓬首垢面
péng shǒu gòu miàn

lit. with disheveled hair and a dirty face

门首
mén shǒu

doorway

首都剧场
shǒu dū jù chǎng

the Capital Theater (in Beijing)

为首
wéi shǒu

head

首相
shǒu xiàng

prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)

低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn

to be fawningly submissive (idiom)

罪魁祸首
zuì kuí huò shǒu

criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit

吉首
jí shǒu

Jishou, county-level city and capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[xiāng xī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Henan

句首
jù shǒu

start of phrase or sentence

页首
yè shǒu

the top of the page

图穷匕首见
tú qióng bǐ shǒu xiàn

see 圖窮匕見|图穷匕见[tú qióng bǐ xiàn]

国立首尔大学
guó lì shǒu ěr dà xué

Seoul National University SNU

首都经贸大学
shǒu dū jīng mào dà xué

Capital University of Business and Economics, Beijing

界首市
jiè shǒu shì

Jieshou, county-level city in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[fù yáng], Anhui

首都经济贸易大学
shǒu dū jīng jì mào yì dà xué

Capital University of Economics and Business (Beijing)

首字母拚音词
shǒu zì mǔ pīn yīn cí

acronym

居首
jū shǒu

leading

首办
shǒu bàn

first organized

颔首微笑
hàn shǒu wēi xiào

to nod and smile

唐诗三百首
táng shī sān bǎi shǒu

Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[sūn zhū]

澳大利亚首都特区
ào dà lì yà shǒu dū tè qū

Australian Capital Territory

首创
shǒu chuàng

to create

首尾音
shǒu wěi yīn

onset and rime

皓首
hào shǒu

white head of hair

首饰
shǒu shì

jewelry

首脑会晤
shǒu nǎo huì wù

leadership meeting

首款
shǒu kuǎn

to confess one's crime

首席执行官
shǒu xí zhí xíng guān

chief executive officer (CEO)

部首
bù shǒu

radical of a Chinese character

国家元首
guó jiā yuán shǒu

head of state

斩首
zhǎn shǒu

to behead

特首
tè shǒu

chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao)

搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī

to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)

首长
shǒu zhǎng

senior official

首邑
shǒu yì

local capital

馘首
guó shǒu

(of a headhunter) to sever a head

石首
shí shǒu

Shishou, county-level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[jīng zhōu], Hubei

首席
shǒu xí

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

前首相
qián shǒu xiàng

former prime minister

首当其冲
shǒu dāng qí chōng

to bear the brunt

首次注视时间
shǒu cì zhù shì shí jiān

first fixation duration

马首是瞻
mǎ shǒu shì zhān

to follow blindly (idiom)

回首
huí shǒu

to turn around; to look back

自首
zì shǒu

to give oneself up

首轮
shǒu lún

first round (of a competition etc)

首季
shǒu jì

first season

左首
zuǒ shǒu

left-hand side

首位
shǒu wèi

first place

首日封
shǒu rì fēng

first day cover (philately)

不首先使用
bù shǒu xiān shǐ yòng

no first use (policy for nuclear weapons)

岘首山
xiàn shǒu shān

Mt Xianshou in Hubei

昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù

striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step

帧首定界符
zhēn shǒu dìng jiè fú

start frame delimiter (SFD)

首先
shǒu xiān

first (of all)

首映
shǒu yìng

to premiere (a movie or TV show)

首尾相接
shǒu wěi xiāng jiē

to join head to tail

榜首
bǎng shǒu

top of the list

首重
shǒu zhòng

to emphasize

首尔
shǒu ěr

Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[hàn chéng])

首任
shǒu rèn

first person to be appointed to a post

部首编排法
bù shǒu biān pái fǎ

dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals

首县
shǒu xiàn

principal county magistrate in imperial China

右首
yòu shǒu

right-hand side

首推
shǒu tuī

to regard as the foremost

首例
shǒu lì

first case

颔首之交
hàn shǒu zhī jiāo

nodding acquaintance

何首乌
hé shǒu wū

Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum)

首富
shǒu fù

richest individual

翘居群首
qiáo jū qún shǒu

head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent

枭首示众
xiāo shǒu shì zhòng

to behead sb and display the head in public

首脑会议
shǒu nǎo huì yì

leadership conference

首席法官
shǒu xí fǎ guān

Chief Justice

刊首语
kān shǒu yǔ

foreword

匕首
bǐ shǒu

dagger

首付
shǒu fù

down payment

首付款
shǒu fù kuǎn

down payment

疾首
jí shǒu

extremely angry

首次
shǒu cì

first

首肯
shǒu kěn

to give a nod of approval

首尾
shǒu wěi

head and tail

首领
shǒu lǐng

head; boss; chief

首尔特别市
shǒu ěr tè bié shì

Seoul Special Metropolitan City, official name of the capital of South Korea

首尔国立大学
shǒu ěr guó lì dà xué

Seoul National University (SNU or Seoul National), Korea

界首
jiè shǒu

Jieshou, county-level city in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[fù yáng], Anhui

会首
huì shǒu

head of a society

翘首
qiáo shǒu

to raise one's head and look

痛心疾首
tòng xīn jí shǒu

bitter and hateful (idiom)

首席营销官
shǒu xí yíng xiāo guān

chief marketing officer (CMO)

开首
kāi shǒu

beginning

首脑会谈
shǒu nǎo huì tán

summit talks

首席技术官
shǒu xí jì shù guān

chief technology officer (CTO)

陨首
yǔn shǒu

to offer one's life in sacrifice

首演
shǒu yǎn

maiden stage role