為首

See also: 为首

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (為首/爲首)		為/爲	首
simp. (为首)		为	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéishǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéishǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-shou³
    • Yale: wéi-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishoou
    • Palladius: вэйшоу (vɛjšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ sau²
    • Yale: wàih sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-siú
    • Tâi-lô: uî-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² siu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ siu⁴¹/

Verb

為首

1. to serve as the head (of a group); to be the leader; to lead

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