首要 shǒuyào▶ trưởng; hiệu trưởng, chính

Stroke order

首要 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 首 — 9 strokes
• 要 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. the most important
2. of chief importance

Related words

• 元首Nguyên thủ quốc gia
• 摘要Trừu tượng
• 简要tóm lại; nói tóm lại
• 纪要tóm tắt
• 要命
• 要点Điểm chính, ý chính

首要 is pronounced shǒuyào and means “trưởng; hiệu trưởng, chính”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 首要 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.