首先 - First Of All - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

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first of all

首

head

先

before

shou3xian1 • shǒuxiān

first of all

first, firstly

We say 首先 first of all at the 首 head of a sentence 先 before something we want to say first.

首先，我问你这个。

First of all, let me ask you this.

首先，我要谢谢你。

First of all, I want to thank you.