元首 meaning and pronunciation

元首
Simplified/traditional word

元首 English definition

yuán shǒu
  • head of state

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Characters

  • 元 (yuán): unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc); primary; first;
  • 首 (shǒu): head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc;