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首 shǒu

The Chinese measure word for songs and poems.

首 counts songs and poems. When a song plays and you want to ask about it, you say 这首歌.

  • 一首歌yì shǒu gēa song
  • 一首诗yì shǒu shīa poem
  • 这首歌zhè shǒu gēthis song

6 nouns that take 首

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The nouns come from the measure-word notes in CC-CEDICT, ordered by how often each word appears in film and TV subtitles. Many nouns take more than one measure word, and 个 often works in casual speech.