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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 首先

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
首先 shǒu xiān - first (of all)
- in the first place

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 3 860 898 2,853

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
首 shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc
先 xiān- beforehand; first; earlier
- at first; originally
- for the time being; for now
- (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

Other Words Containing 首先

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
首先 4 3 860 898 2,853