居首

Chinese

		reside	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
simp. and trad. (居首)		居	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyushǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-shou³
    • Yale: jyū-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiushoou
    • Palladius: цзюйшоу (czjujšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ sau²
    • Yale: gēui sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

居首

1. to occupy first place; to rank first

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 徛頭／徛头