首日 (shǒu rì) — first day (of an event, sale, release, etc.)

Definition

noun

first day (of an event, sale, release, etc.)

首日。
Zhè bù diàn yǐng shǒu rì piào fáng jiù tū pò le yí yì.
This movie's first-day box office broke 100 million.
首日。
Shāng diàn shǒu rì cù xiāo xī yǐn le dà liàng gù kè.
The store's first-day promotion attracted a large number of customers.
首日。
Xīn zhèng cè shǒu rì jiù shōu dào le hěn hǎo de xiào guǒ.
The new policy achieved good results on its first day.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

首 means first and 日 means day, giving the first day of an event.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from an old drawing of an animal's head, showing a long mouth and horns; the version with hair became 首.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.