獻首

See also: 献首

Chinese

		to offer	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (獻首)		獻	首
simp. (献首)		献	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-shou³
    • Yale: syàn-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshoou
    • Palladius: сяньшоу (sjanʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

獻首

1. (archaic) to offer up the head of one's leader as a gesture of one's sincerity in surrendering