首先
Meaning
shǒuxiān shou3 xian1
- first (of all)
- in the first place
Example sentences
- At first, I had no idea why.
- Firstly, let's check the attendance.
Words sharing a character
- 首席 shǒuxí chief (representative, correspondent etc)
- 首都 shǒudū capital (city)
- 首相 shǒuxiàng prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
- 首批 shǒupī first batch
- 首要 shǒuyào the most important
- 元首 yuánshǒu head of state
- 首饰 shǒushì jewelry
- 首脑 shǒunǎo head (of state)
- 回首 huíshǒu to turn around; to look back
- 首府 shǒufǔ capital city of an autonomous region