首選

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
trad. (首選)		首	選
simp. (首选)		首	选

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuxuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² syun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuxuǎn [Phonetic: shóuxuǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒusyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-hsüan³
    • Yale: shǒu-sywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoousheuan
    • Palladius: шоусюань (šousjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² syun²
    • Yale: sáu syún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² syn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² xun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ syːn³⁵/

Verb

首選

1. to choose (something) first; to select (something) preferentially

Noun

首選

1. first choice; preferred option