首位

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (首位)		首	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wai^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-vi
• Eastern Min (BUC): siū-ôi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-ūi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵seu-we

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwèi
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-wei⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwey
    • Palladius: шоувэй (šouvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 守衛 / 守卫 首位

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² wai^6-2
    • Yale: sáu wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˋ vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ vi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siū-ôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻⁵⁵ ui²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: siú-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwui
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵seu-we
    • MiniDict: seu^去 we
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²seu-hhue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ³³ ɦue⁴⁴/

Noun

首位

1. first place; the leading position
2. priority

Japanese

Kanji in this term
首	位
しゅ Grade: 2	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨi]
• (Tokyo) しゅい [shúꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

首(しゅ)位(い) • (shui) 

1. first place, the leading position

References

• “首位”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
首	位

Noun

首位 • (suwi) (hangeul 수위)

1. hanja form^? of 수위 (“first place, the leading position”)