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首先 Đầu tiên; Thứ nhất
Stroke order
首先 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.
- 首 — 9 strokes
- 先 — 6 strokes
Example sentences
- 首先我们要看地图。Shǒuxiān wǒmen yào kàn dìtú.First we must look at the map.
- 首先感谢大家的帮助。Shǒuxiān gǎnxiè dàjiā de bāngzhù.First of all, thank you all for your help.
Related words
首先 is pronounced shǒuxiān and means “Đầu tiên; Thứ nhất”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 首先 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.