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為首

為首

See also: 为首

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (為首)		為	首
simp. (为首)		为	首

Verb

為首

(Intermediate Mandarin) to be headed by; to be led by
with somebody as the leader

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wéishǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ sau²
Min Nan (POJ): ûi-siú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéishǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishoou
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ sau²
  - Yale: wàih sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ sau²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-siú
  - Tâi-lô: uî-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uisiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ ɕiu⁴¹/