案首

Chinese

		(legal) case; incident; record (legal) case; incident; record; file; table	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (案首)		案	首
simp. #(案首)		案	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-shou³
    • Yale: àn-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annshoou
    • Palladius: аньшоу (anʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

案首

1. (historical) in the imperial examination system, the highest ranking linsheng, and thus the top shengyuan who ranked first in college exam