首 shǒu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 首 — chief, head, leader
- Made of
- 丷 horns 自 self
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
首付
shǒufù
down payment; initial payment
Characters in this word
付 fù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在房价持续上涨的城市，年轻人往往要攒很多年才能付得起首付。 Zài fángjià chíxù shàngzhǎng de chéngshì, niánqīngrén wǎngwǎng yào zǎn hěn duō nián cái néng fù de qǐ shǒufù. In cities where house prices keep rising, young people often have to save for many years before they can afford the down payment.
- 银行说首付至少要付房价的三成。 Yínháng shuō shǒufù zhìshǎo yào fù fángjià de sānchéng. The bank says the down payment must be at least thirty percent of the house price.
- 为了攒够首付，他这几年生活得很节省。 Wèile zǎn gòu shǒufù, tā zhè jǐ nián shēnghuó de hěn jiéshěng. In order to save enough for the down payment, he has lived very frugally these past few years.
Related words
- 首都 shǒudū capital city
- 首先 shǒuxiān first; first of all
- 首 shǒu a measure word for songs and poems
- 首要 shǒuyào primary, chief
- 部首 bùshǒu radical of a Chinese character
- 俯首 fǔshǒu to bow one's head; to submit
- 回首 huíshǒu to look back; to recall
- 首创 shǒuchuàng to pioneer; to originate
- 首府 shǒufǔ capital city; administrative capital
- 首脑 shǒunǎo head; leader; chief
- 首批 shǒupī first batch; first group
- 首饰 shǒushì jewellery; ornaments