首次
shǒu cì
Pinyin

Definition

首次
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shǒu cì
  1. first
  2. first time
  3. for the first time

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

次
cì
  1. 1 next in sequence
  2. 2 second
  3. 3 the second (day, time etc)
  4. 4 secondary
  5. 5 vice-
  6. 6 sub-
  7. 7 infra-
  8. 8 inferior quality
  9. 9 substandard
  10. 10 order
  11. 11 sequence
  12. 12 hypo- (chemistry)
  13. 13 classifier for enumerated events: time
首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
一次性
yī cì xìng
  1. 1 one-off (offer)
  2. 2 one-time
  3. 3 single-use
  4. 4 disposable (goods)
人次
rén cì
  1. 1 person-times
  2. 2 visits
  3. 3 classifier for number of people participating
其次
qí cì
  1. 1 next
  2. 2 secondly

Idioms (20)

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate

Sample Sentences

对啊，二零一五年十一月七日下午，两岸领导人习近平、马英九在新加坡香格里拉大酒店会面。这是一九四九年以来两岸最高领导人首次会面，我有幸亲眼见证了这一历史性的时刻。
duìa ，èrlíngyīwǔnián shí yīyuè qīrì xiàwǔ ，liǎngàn lǐngdǎorén Xí jìnpíng 、Mǎ yīngjiǔ zài Xīnjiāpō xiāng dà jiǔdiàn huìmiàn 。zhè shì yījiǔsìjiǔnián yǐlái liǎngàn zuì gāo lǐngdǎorén shǒucì huìmiàn ，wǒ yǒuxìng qīnyǎn jiànzhèng le zhè yī lìshǐxìng de shíkè 。
Yes, on the afternoon of 7th November, 2015, leaders from both sides of the strait, Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou, met at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore. This was the first meeting between the top leadership across the strait since 1949 and I was fortunate to get to see this historic moment first hand.
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是的，英国脱欧是英国前首相卡梅伦2013年一月二十三日首次提出来的。2016年六月二十三日，英国正式就是否脱离欧盟进行公开投票表决。
shì de ，Yīngguó tuōōu shì Yīngguó qián shǒuxiàng Kǎ Méilún 2013 nián yīyuè èrshísān rì shǒucì tí chūlái de 。2016 nián liùyuè èrshísān rì ，Yīngguó zhèngshì jiù shìfǒu tuōlí Ōuméng jìnxíng gōngkāi tóupiào biǎojué 。
Yes, Brexit was first proposed by the former UK Prime Minister David Cameron on January 23rd, 2013. On June 23rd, 2016, the UK held a formal referendum on whether or not to leave the EU.
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天猫是张勇首次创业的成果。
tiānmāo shì zhāngyǒng shǒucì chuàngyè de chéngguǒ 。
Tmall is the result of Zhang Yong’s first venture.
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