| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 首 | shǒu | head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems | |
| 首創 | 首创 | shǒu chuàng | (v) originate; be the first to do |
| 首次 | shǒu cì | for the first time | |
| 首次注視時間 | 首次注视时间 | shǒu cì zhù shì shí jiān | first fixation duration |
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city) | |
| 首都國際機場 | 首都国际机场 | Shǒu dū Guó jì Jī cháng | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| 首都劇場 | 首都剧场 | Shǒu dū Jù cháng | the Capital Theater (in Beijing) |
| 首爾 | 首尔 | shǒu ěr | Seoul (capital of South Korea) |
| 首府 | shǒu fǔ | capital city of an autonomous region | |
| 首歌 | shǒu gē | song | |
| 首例 | shǒu lì | first case; first instance | |
| 首領 | 首领 | shǒu lǐng | (n) head boss; chief |
| 首腦 | 首脑 | shǒu nǎo | head (of state); summit (meeting); leader |
| 首腦會晤 | 首脑会晤 | shǒu nǎo huì wù | leadership meeting |
| 首腦會議 | 首脑会议 | shǒu nǎo huì yì | leadership conference; summit meeting |
| 首任 | shǒu rèn | first person to be appointed to a post | |
| 首日封 | shǒu rì fēng | first day of issue | |
| 首飾 | 首饰 | shǒu shì | jewelry |
| 首尾音 | shǒu wěi yīn | onset and rime | |
| 首席 | shǒu xí | chief (representative, correspondent, etc) | |
| 首席大法官 | shǒu xí dà fǎ guān | Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court) | |
| 首席代表 | shǒu xí dài biǎo | chief representative | |
| 首席法官 | shǒu xí fǎ guān | Chief Justice | |
| 首席執行官 | 首席执行官 | shǒu xí zhí xíng guān | CEO, Chief Executive Officer |
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 首相 | shǒu xiàng | (Japanese) prime minister | |
| 首要 | shǒu yào | (adj) the most important | |
| 首頁 | 首页 | shǒu yè | title page; first page; front page |
| 首音 | shǒu yīn | onset | |
| 首映 | shǒu yìng | (n) first run; opening night; premiere; (vt) premiere | |
| 首長 | 首长 | shǒu zhǎng | senior official |
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