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First of all in Chinese

first of all · HSK 4

首先 shǒu xiān

  1. 首 shǒu head
  2. 先 xiān first

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How do you say first of all in Chinese?

First of all in Chinese is 首先 (shǒu xiān).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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