# 首席 (shǒuxí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 首席 (shǒuxí) means “chief; principal; seat of honor”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: chief; principal; seat of honor
- Pinyin: shǒuxí (shou3 xi2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他是这家公司的首席科学家。
  Tā shì zhè jiā gōngsī de shǒuxí kēxuéjiā.
  He is the chief scientist at this company.

## Characters

- [首](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-head/) (shǒu): head; chief
- [席](https://hanziro.com/word/xi-seat/) (xí): seat; banquet

https://hanziro.com/word/shou-xi-chief/

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