# 首先 (shǒuxiān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 首先 (shǒuxiān) means “first of all”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: first of all
- Pinyin: shǒuxiān (shou3 xian1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 首先，我要感谢大家的帮助。
  Shǒuxiān, wǒ yào gǎnxiè dàjiā de bāngzhù.
  First of all, I want to thank everyone for the help.

## Characters

- [首](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-head/) (shǒu): head; chief
- [先](https://hanziro.com/word/xian-first/) (xiān): first; beforehand

https://hanziro.com/word/shou-xian-first-all/

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