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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 首选

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
首选 shǒu xuǎn - first choice
- premium
- to come first in the imperial examinations

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
- - 14,436 7,823 7,461

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
首 shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc
选 xuǎn- to choose
- to pick
- to select
- to elect

Other Words Containing 首选

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
首选 - - 14,436 7,823 7,461