shǒu
xiān

HSK 3
common

Meaning of 首先

首先 means first; earliest; before anyone/anything else; firstly; in the first place (used to list items). Pronounced shǒu xiān. HSK 3.

  • first; earliest; before anyone/anything else
  • firstly; in the first place (used to list items)

Definitions & Examples

shǒu
xiān
dào
le
huì
diǎn
 

He arrived at the meeting place first.

Zhè
ge
wèn
shì
men
shǒu
xiān
yào
jiě
jué
de
 

This is the problem we need to solve first.

shǒu
xiān
xiǎng
dào
le
zhè
ge
hǎo
zhǔ
 

She was the first to think of this good idea.