# 首次 (shǒucì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 首次 (shǒucì) means “first time; for the first time”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: first time; for the first time
- Pinyin: shǒucì (shou3 ci4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这是他首次来中国。
  Zhè shì tā shǒucì lái Zhōngguó.
  This is his first visit to China.

## Characters

- [首](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-head/) (shǒu): head; chief
- [次](https://hanziro.com/word/ci-times/) (cì): (measure word) for times

https://hanziro.com/word/shou-ci-first-time/

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