首款

shǒukuǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 first model (of a product)
  2. 2 debut version
  3. 3 inaugural offering

Examples

Zhè shì gāi pǐnpái tuīchū de shǒukuǎn diàndòngchē.
This is the brand's first electric car.
Gōngsī shǒukuǎn AI shǒujī jiāng yú xià yuè fābù.
The company's debut AI phone will launch next month.

Tips

register
Standard tech / consumer-product news vocabulary. (kuǎn) is the measure word for product models, so 首款 literally means 'first model'. Often paired with 推出 (tuīchū, to launch) or 发布 (fābù, to release).
mistakes
首款 in product news has nothing to do with the 'down payment' sense of 首付 (shǒufù) or the older 'confess one's crime' meaning of 首款. Read it from context — modern news usage is overwhelmingly the 'first model' sense.

Stroke Order

shǒu
kuǎn