首席

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place
simp. and trad. (首席)		首	席

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-si̍t / siú-se̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒusí
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-hsi²
    • Yale: shǒu-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushyi
    • Palladius: шоуси (šousi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² zik⁶
    • Yale: sáu jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: siú-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwsit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: siú-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwsek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /siu⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ sek̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 首席

1. head of the table; top seat

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 首席

1. (attributive) chief

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
首	席
しゅ Grade: 2	せき Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

首(しゅ)席(せき) • (shuseki) 

1. top of one's class
2. chief or principal member of some group