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Information of 首

Pinyinshǒu

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).

叩首 kòu shǒu

to kowtow / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]

埋首 mái shǒu

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

不堪回首 bù kān huí shǒu

unbearable memories / Old memories are too bitter to recall

匪首 fěi shǒu

bandit

尸首 shī shou

corpse / carcass / dead body

首尾 shǒu wěi

head and tail

首屈一指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ

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

首届 shǒu jiè

first session (of a conference etc)

左首 zuǒ shǒu

left-hand side

石首市 Shí shǒu shì

Shishou county level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[Jing1 zhou1], Hubei

首席 shǒu xí

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

首府 shǒu fǔ

capital city of an autonomous region

首座 shǒu zuò

the head of the table / seat of honour

首创 shǒu chuàng

to create / original creation / to be the first to do sth

首批 shǒu pī

first batch

昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng

head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)

斩首 zhǎn shǒu

to behead

搔首 sāo shǒu

scratch one's head

搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī

to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)

首播 shǒu bō

debut / premiere

昂首 áng shǒu

head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)

昂首阔步 áng shǒu kuò bù

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

枭首示众 xiāo shǒu shì zhòng

to behead sb and display the head in public

枭首 xiāo shǒu

to behead

榜首 bǎng shǒu

top of the list

名列榜首 míng liè bǎng shǒu

rank first

匕首 bǐ shǒu

dagger

元首 yuán shǒu

head of state

首先 shǒu xiān

first (of all) / in the first place

俯首 fǔ shǒu

to bend one's head

Input Method for 首

Pinyinshou3

Wubi

uthf

Cangjie

thbu

Zhengma

uanl

Four Corner

80602

Unicode

U+9996

Same Pronunciation Characters

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