| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first (of all); in the first place |
| 首 | shǒu | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc |
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city); CL:个 |
| 首相 | shǒu xiàng | prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) |
| 首脑 | shǒu nǎo | head (of state); summit (meeting); leader |
| 首领 | shǒu lǐng | head; boss; chief |
| 首要 | shǒu yào | the most important; of chief importance |
| 首长 | shǒu zhǎng | senior official |
| 首次 | shǒu cì | first; first time; for the first time |
| 首位 | shǒu wèi | first place |
| 首尾 | shǒu wěi | head and tail |
| 首创 | shǒu chuàng | to create; original creation; to be the first to do sth |
| 首席 | shǒu xí | chief (representative, correspondent etc) |
| 首府 | shǒu fǔ | capital city of an autonomous region |
| 首饰 | shǒu shì | jewelry; head ornament |
| 首届 | shǒu jiè | first session (of a conference etc) |
| 首倡 | shǒu chàng | to initiate |
| 首付款 | shǒu fù kuǎn | down payment |
| 首任 | shǒu rèn | first person to be appointed to a post |
| 首例 | shǒu lì | first case; first instance |
| 首创者 | shǒu chuàng zhě | creator; originator; first proponent |
| 首字母 | shǒu zì mǔ | initial letters |
| 首字母拚音词 | shǒu zì mǔ pīn yīn cí | acronym |
| 首字母缩写 | shǒu zì mǔ suō xiě | acronym; abbreviation using initial letters |
| 首季 | shǒu jì | first season; first quarter |
| 首家 | shǒu jiā | first company; first house; first person |
| 首富 | shǒu fù | richest individual; top millionaire |
| 首尾相接 | shǒu wěi xiāng jiē | to join head to tail; bumper-to-bumper (of traffic jam) |
| 首尾音 | shǒu wěi yīn | onset and rime |
| 首屈一指 | shǒu qū yī zhǐ | to count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding |
| 首层 | shǒu céng | first floor; ground floor |
| 首席代表 | shǒu xí dài biǎo | chief representative |
| 首席执行官 | shǒu xí zhí xíng guān | CEO, Chief Executive Officer |
| 首席大法官 | shǒu xí dà fǎ guān | Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court) |
| 首席法官 | shǒu xí fǎ guān | Chief Justice |
| 首度 | shǒu dù | first time |
| 首推 | shǒu tuī | to regard as the foremost; to name as a prime example |
| 首日封 | shǒu rì fēng | first day of issue |
| 首映 | shǒu yìng | premiere (of a play or film); opening night; first run; to premiere (a film) |
| 首映式 | shǒu yìng shì | premiere of a movie |
| 首次公开招股 | shǒu cì gōng kāi zhāo gǔ | initial public offering (IPO) |
| 首次注视时间 | shǒu cì zhù shì shí jiān | first fixation duration |
| 首款 | shǒu kuǎn | to confess one's crime; first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc) |
| 首演 | shǒu yǎn | maiden stage role; first performance; first public showing |
| 首尔 | Shǒu ěr | Seoul 서울, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005) |
| 首尔国立大学 | Shǒu ěr Guó lì Dà xué | Seoul National University (SNU or Seoul National), Korea |
| 首尔市 | Shǒu ěr Shì | Seoul Metropolitan City, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005) |
| 首尔特别市 | Shǒu ěr Tè bié shì | Seoul Metropolitan City, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005) |
| 首发 | shǒu fā | first issue; first public showing |
| 首级 | shǒu jí | severed head |