首 先

shǒuxiān

adverbHSK 3

“First of all” in Chinese is 首先 (shǒuxiān).

Meaning

first of all; in the first place

Example

首先，幸福跟钱有关系。

Firstly, happiness is related to money.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shǒuHSK 39 strokeshead xiānHSK 16 strokesbeforehand; first; earlier

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