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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

首shǒu

head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

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首先shǒu xiān

first of all / in the first place

首席shǒu xí

seat of honor / chief (representative, correspondent etc)

首相shǒu xiàng

prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)

首要shǒu yào

the most important / of chief importance

首都shǒu dū

capital (city) / CL:個|个[gè]

首领shǒu lǐng

head / boss / chief

首饰shǒu shì

jewelry / head ornament

首府shǒu fǔ

capital city of an autonomous region

元首yuán shǒu

head of state

自首zì shǒu

to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities)

匕首bǐ shǒu

dagger

首脑shǒu nǎo

head (of state) / summit (meeting) / leader

首长shǒu zhǎng

senior official

首选shǒu xuǎn

first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations

首发shǒu fā

first issue / first public showing

首映式shǒu yìng shì

premiere of a movie

首演shǒu yǎn

maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing

首映shǒu yìng

to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)

首级shǒu jí

severed head

首创shǒu chuàng

to originate / to pioneer / to invent

首当其冲shǒu dāng qí chōng

to bear the brunt

首屈一指shǒu qū yī zhǐ

to count as number one (idiom) / second to none / outstanding

首肯shǒu kěn

to give a nod of approval

罪魁祸首zuì kuí huò shǒu

(idiom) criminal ringleader / main offender / main culprit / main cause of a disaster

回首huí shǒu

to turn around / to look back / (fig.) to recall the past

斩首zhǎn shǒu

to behead / to decapitate

榜首bǎng shǒu

top of the list

尸首shī shou

dead body / corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離|尸首分离[shī shou fēn lí] or 屍首異處|尸首异处[shī shou yì chù], decapitation is implied.)

昂首阔步áng shǒu kuò bù

striding forward with head high (idiom) / to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut

聚首jù shǒu

to gather / to meet

为首wéi shǒu

head / be headed by

俯首称臣fǔ shǒu chēng chén

to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate

翘首qiáo shǒu

to raise one's head and look

俯首fǔ shǒu

to bend one's head

搔首弄姿sāo shǒu nòng zī

(idiom) to strike a coquettish pose

昂首挺胸áng shǒu tǐng xiōng

head high, chest out (idiom) / to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal)

畏首畏尾wèi shǒu wèi wěi

afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom) / ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing

首付shǒu fù

down payment

首付款shǒu fù kuǎn

down payment

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