首 (shǒu): meaning and stroke order

首 in our stories

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• 她对白露说：“你弹得真好，特别是最后那首曲子。”

  tā duì Bái Lù shuō nǐ tán de zhēn hǎo tèbié shì zuìhòu nà shǒu qǔzi

  She told Bai Lu, "You played so well, especially that last piece."

  From the story That last piece HSK 3

• 他一遍又一遍地跟她讲自己的女儿：女儿小时候怕打雷，一打雷就钻进他的被子里，他就唱一首自己编的歌哄她睡觉。

  tā yí biàn yòu yí biàn de gēn tā jiǎng zìjǐ de nǚ'ér nǚ'ér xiǎoshíhou pà dǎléi yì dǎléi jiù zuān jìn tā de bèizi lǐ tā jiù chàng yì shǒu zìjǐ biān de gē hǒng tā shuìjiào

  Again and again he told her about his daughter: as a little girl she was afraid of thunder, and whenever it thundered she crawled under his quilt, and he would sing a song he had made up to lull her to sleep.

  From the story The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 回来以后，他写下了一首词，就是流传至今的“定风波”。开头两句是：莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行。

  huílai yǐhòu tā xiě xià le yì shǒu cí jiùshì liúchuán zhìjīn de Dìngfēngbō kāitóu liǎng jù shì mò tīng chuān lín dǎ yè shēng héfáng yín xiào qiě xú xíng

  When he got back he wrote a lyric, the "Calming the Waves" still known today. It begins: "Don't listen to the rain piercing the woods and beating the leaves; why not chant and whistle and walk on slowly?"

  From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9