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shǒu · shou

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)写(xiě)的(de)那(nà)首(shǒu)诗(shī)很(hěn)受(shòu)欢(huān)迎(yíng)。

That poem he wrote is very popular.

02

这(zhè)是(shì)她(tā)首(shǒu)次(cì)参(cān)加(jiā)比(bǐ)赛(sài)。

This is her first time participating in a competition.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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