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首要

首要

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
simp. and trad. (首要)		首	要

Adjective

首要

(attributive) of utmost importance

Noun

首要

head (person in charge); leader

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǒuyào

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² jiu³
Min Nan (POJ): siú-iàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒuyào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouyaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² jiu³
  - Yale: sáu yiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² jiu³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ jiːu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-iàu
  - Tâi-lô: siú-iàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwiaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iaʊ²¹/