Chinese word dictionary

首映

shǒu yìng · to premiere (a movie or TV show); premiere (of a movie); first-run (movie)

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Word information

Simplified首映

Traditional首映

Pinyinshǒu yìng

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

首shǒu

chief, head, leader

映yìng

to project; to reflect; to shine

How to learn 首映

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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首shǒu

head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc

首都shǒudū

capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]

首先shǒuxiān

first (of all); in the first place

反映fǎnyìng

to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render

首次shǒucì

first; first time; for the first time

首要shǒuyào

the most important; of chief importance