首
shǒu
head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 首
- HSK
- 3
- Tone
- 3
Stroke order
Example sentences
我住在首都。
Wǒ zhù zài shǒu dū
I live in the capital.
Shadow海地的首都是什么？
Hǎi dì de shǒu dū shì shén me
What is the capital of Haiti?
Shadow首都天气有雨。
Shǒu dū tiān qì yǒu yǔ
The weather in the capital is rainy.
Shadow这首歌很好听。
Zhè shǒu gē hěn hǎo tīng
This song is nice.
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Words containing 首
- 首先shǒu xiān 3–1 first (of all); in the first place
- 首都shǒu dū 3–1 capital (city)
- 首shǒu 3head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 首席shǒu xí 3–2 chief (representative, correspondent etc)
- 首相shǒu xiàng 3–4 prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
- 首要shǒu yào 3–4 the most important; of chief importance
- 元首yuán shǒu 2–3 head of state
- 首脑shǒu nǎo 3–3 → 2–3head (of state); summit (meeting); leader
- 为首wéi shǒu 2–3 head; be headed by
- 首次shǒu cì 3–4 first; first time; for the first time
- 首批shǒu pī 3–1 first batch
- 首饰shǒu shì 3–4 jewelry; head ornament