| 1 | 首先 | 首先 | shǒu xiān | shou3 xian1 | first (of all); in the first place | | |
| 2 | 首都 | 首都 | shǒu dū | shou3 du1 | capital (city); Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 首 | 首 | shǒu | shou3 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | | |
| 4 | 首长 | 首長 | shǒu zhǎng | shou3 zhang3 | senior official | | |
| 5 | 首次 | 首次 | shǒu cì | shou3 ci4 | first; first time; for the first time | | |
| 6 | 首要 | 首要 | shǒu yào | shou3 yao4 | the most important; of chief importance | | |
| 7 | 首领 | 首領 | shǒu lǐng | shou3 ling3 | head; boss; chief | | |
| 8 | 首位 | 首位 | shǒu wèi | shou3 wei4 | first place | | |
| 9 | 首相 | 首相 | shǒu xiàng | shou3 xiang4 | prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) | | |
| 10 | 首届 | 首屆 | shǒu jiè | shou3 jie4 | first session (of a conference etc) | | |
| 11 | 首脑 | 首腦 | shǒu nǎo | shou3 nao3 | head (of state); summit (meeting); leader | | |
| 12 | 首创 | 首創 | shǒu chuàng | shou3 chuang4 | to create; original creation; to be the first to do sth | | |
| 13 | 首鼠两端 | 首鼠兩端 | shǒu shǔ liǎng duān | shou3 shu3 liang3 duan1 | (idiom) to hesitate; to remain undecided | | |
| 14 | 首秀 | 首秀 | shǒu xiù | shou3 xiu4 | debut | | |
| 15 | 首都机场 | 首都機場 | shǒu dū jī chǎng | shou3 du1 ji1 chang3 | Beijing airport (PEK); also translated as Capital airport | | |
| 16 | 首尔特别市 | 首爾特別市 | shǒu ěr tè bié shì | Shou3 er3 Te4 bie2 shi4 | Seoul Special Metropolitan City, official name of the capital of South Korea | | |
| 17 | 首发 | 首發 | shǒu fā | shou3 fa1 | first issue; first public showing | | |
| 18 | 首府 | 首府 | shǒu fǔ | shou3 fu3 | capital city of an autonomous region | | |
| 19 | 首尔 | 首爾 | shǒu ěr | Shou3 er3 | Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 汉城 ) | | |
| 20 | 首度 | 首度 | shǒu dù | shou3 du4 | first time | | |
| 21 | 首都国际机场 | 首都國際機場 | shǒu dū guó jì jī chǎng | Shou3 du1 Guo2 ji4 Ji1 chang3 | Beijing Capital International Airport | | |
| 22 | 首当其冲 | 首當其衝 | shǒu dāng qí chōng | shou3 dang1 qi2 chong1 | to bear the brunt | | |
| 23 | 首字母缩写 | 首字母縮寫 | shǒu zì mǔ suō xiě | shou3 zi4 mu3 suo1 xie3 | acronym | | |
| 24 | 首创者 | 首創者 | shǒu chuàng zhě | shou3 chuang4 zhe3 | creator; originator; first proponent | | |
| 25 | 首倡 | 首倡 | shǒu chàng | shou3 chang4 | to initiate | | |