first (of all) in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 首先 with this easy mnemonic:

Don't dive head (首) first (先) into an argument, listen to what the other person has to say first.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 首
• 先

• 事先
• 首先
• 领先
• 首席
• 先生

The reading of 首先 is shǒu xiān.

You can remember how to say 首先 with this useful mnemonic:

This shows (shǒu) that you respect the other person, and by this you could possibly shame (xiān) the other person into agreeing with you! Evil, right?

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