首 (sau2 | shou3 shou4) : the first, the head; leader

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首

sau2

shou3 shou4

[1] the head [2] [n] king; emperor; leader; chief [3] the first; beginning [4] [n] a numerical classifier for poems, songs, etc. [5] Kangxi radical 185

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: (#185)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

首

This word has been viewed 13574 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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榜首 bong2 sau2 bang3 shou3 = top of the list

白首 baak6 sau2 bai2 shou3 = hoary head; white-haired; old age (literary)

部首 bou6 sau2 bu4 shou3 = radical (of a Chinese character)

首先 sau2 sin1 shou3 xian1 = firstly

首飾 sau2 sik1 shou3 shi4 = jewelry; jewels

首批 sau2 pai1 shou3 pi1 = first batch

首都 sau2 dou1 shou3 du1 = capital city

首頁 sau2 jip6 shou3 ye4 = main page; homepage; title page

首相 sau2 soeng3 shou3 xiang4 = prime minister

首要 sau2 jiu3 shou3 yao4 = the most important; the top priority
See all 67 compounds (CantoDict reports 73 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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呢首歌我聽過好多次粵
I‘ve heard this song many times

首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。粵
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.

呢一首好聽過你嗰隻好多呀粵
This song is much nicer to listen to than yours!
[Lit. This one [counter for songs] good-listen surpass yours [particle] lots]

首先係一般情報粵
First of all, we have some (new) information.
[Lit. first is one [counter] piece-of-intelligence]

阿妹的歌首首都膾炙人口國
A-mei's songs are all widely known.

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Decimal representation of this word: 首
Unicode code for this character: U+9996 (off-site link)

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