首要

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (首要)		首	要
simp. #(首要)		首	要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² jiu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-iàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuyào
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-yao⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouyaw
    • Palladius: шоуяо (šoujao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² jiu³
    • Yale: sáu yiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² jiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² yiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ jiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-iàu
    • Tâi-lô: siú-iàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iau²¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 首要

1. (attributive) of utmost importance

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 首要

1. head (person in charge); leader

(deprecated template usage)