魁首

Chinese

		chief; head	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (魁首)		魁	首
simp. #(魁首)		魁	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuíshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoe-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuíshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuéishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei²-shou³
    • Yale: kwéi-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kweishoou
    • Palladius: куйшоу (kujšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹ sau²
    • Yale: fūi sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoe-siú
    • Tâi-lô: khue-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoesiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue³³ siu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² siu⁵³/

Noun

魁首

1. person who is head and shoulders above others; the brightest and best

See also

• 翹楚／翘楚 (qiáochǔ)