首席

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place
simp. and trad. (首席)		首	席

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuxí

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-si̍t / siú-se̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒusí
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-hsi²
  - Yale: shǒu-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushyi
  - Palladius: шоуси (šousi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² zik⁶
  - Yale: sáu jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² jig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: siú-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwsit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-se̍k
  - Tâi-lô: siú-si̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwsek
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /siu⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ sek̚⁴/

Noun

首席

head of the table; top seat

Adjective

首席

(attributive) chief
首席投資官／首席投资官 ― shǒuxí tóuzīguān ― chief investment officer

首席技術顧問／首席技术顾问 ― shǒuxí jìshù gùwèn ― chief technical advisor

首席策略分析師／首席策略分析师 ― shǒuxí cèlüè fēnxīshī ― chief strategic analyst

Derived terms

首席執行官 / 首席执行官 (shǒuxí zhíxíngguān)
首席法官 (shǒuxí fǎguān)
首席財務官 / 首席财务官 (shǒuxí cáiwùguān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
首	席
しゅ Grade: 2	せき Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅせき [shùsékí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕɨse̞kʲi]

Noun

首(しゅ)席(せき) • (shuseki)

top of one's class
chief or principal member of some group

Descendants

→ Korean: 수석 (suseok)

Korean

Hanja in this term
首	席

Noun

首席 • (suseok) (hangeul 수석)

hanja form^? of 수석 (“premiere; head”)