首

shǒu

A2 Level 4* ★ Core word
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首 (shǒu) is a Chinese word meaning “head”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4* (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

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

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Example

這首歌很好聽。

This song is nice.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).