首
脑

Head (of state) in Chinese: 首脑 (shǒu nǎo)

shǒu nǎo

head (of state)

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 首腦1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1head (of state)
  2. 2summit (meeting)
  3. 3leader

Stroke order

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首
脑

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄡˇ

shǒu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄋㄠˇ

nǎo

ㄋ/ nㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

首脑

Simplified

首腦

Traditional

Example sentences

See 首脑 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 各国首脑今天在这里开会。

    gè guó shǒu nǎo jīn tiān zài zhè lǐ kāi huì。

    Heads of state from various countries are meeting here today.

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Related words

首

shǒu

head

电脑

diàn nǎo

computer

首都

shǒu dū

capital (city)

首先

shǒu xiān

first (of all)

脑袋

nǎo dai

head

头脑

tóu nǎo

brains

大脑

dà nǎo

brain

脑子

nǎo zi

brains

首次

shǒu cì

first

首席

shǒu xí

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

首相

shǒu xiàng

prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)

俯首

fǔ shǒu

to bend one's head

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