shǒu

common
verb
technical

Meaning of 自首

自首 means to surrender oneself (to the authorities); to voluntarily confess one's crime. Pronounced zì shǒu.

  • to surrender oneself (to the authorities); to voluntarily confess one's crime

Definitions & Examples

Fàn
zuì
xián
rén
zhǔ
dòng
dào
gōng
ān
guān
shǒu
 

The suspect voluntarily surrendered himself to the public security authorities.

Tóu
àn
shǒu
cóng
qīng
chǔ
 

Surrendering oneself to the authorities can result in lighter punishment.

zài
shī
de
péi
tóng
xià
jiǎn
chá
yuàn
shǒu
le
 

He went to the procuratorate to surrender himself, accompanied by his lawyer.