| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 元 | 元 | yuán | - unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc) - primary - first |
| 先 | 先 | xiān | - early - prior - former - in advance - first |
| 初 | 初 | chū | - at first - (at the) beginning - first - junior - basic |
| 前 | 前 | qián | - front - forward - ahead - first - top (followed by a number) - future - ago - before - BC (e.g. 前293年) - former - formerly |
| 头 | 頭 | tóu | - head - hair style - the top - end - beginning or end - a stub - remnant - chief - boss - side - aspect - first - leading - classifier for pigs or livestock - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 一次 | 一次 | yīcì | - first - first time - once - (math.) linear (of degree one) |
| 初次 | 初次 | chūcì | - first - for the first time - primary - tentative |
| 原始 | 原始 | yuánshǐ | - first - original - primitive - original (document etc) |
| 在先 | 在先 | zàixiān | - to come first - previous - prior - beforehand - first - formerly |
| 最初 | 最初 | zuìchū | - first - primary - initial |
| 第一 | 第一 | dìyī | - first - number one |
| 首次 | 首次 | shǒucì | - first - first time - for the first time |
| 魁首 | 魁首 | kuíshǒu | - chief - first - brightest and best |
| 第一次 | 第一次 | dìyīcì | - the first time - first - number one |
| 上 | 上 | shàng | - on top - upon - above - upper - previous - first (of multiple parts) - to climb - to get onto - to go up - to attend (class or university) |
| 乍 | 乍 | zhà | - at first - suddenly - abruptly - to spread - (of hair) to stand on end - bristling |
| 乤 | 乤 | xx | - first character in place name 乤浦 "Halpho" (Korean gugja) |
| 冠 | 冠 | guàn | - to put on a hat - to be first - to dub |
| 士 | 士 | shì | - member of the senior ministerial class (old) - scholar (old) - bachelor - honorific - first class military rank - specialist worker |
| 嫡 | 嫡 | dí | - first wife - son of first wife |
| 孟 | 孟 | mèng | - first month of a season - eldest amongst brothers |
| 宫 | 宮 | gōng | - palace - temple - castration (as corporal punishment) - first note in pentatonic scale |
| 朔 | 朔 | shuò | - beginning - first day of lunar month - north |
| 栽 | 栽 | zāi | - to grow - to plant - to insert - to force on sb - to fall head first |
| 正 | 正 | zhēng | - first month of the lunar year |
| 甲 | 甲 | jiǎ | - first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] - (used for an unspecified person or thing) - first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) - letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc - armor plating - shell or carapace - (of the fingers or toes) nail - bladed leather or metal armor (old) - ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) - civil administration unit (old) |
| 肇 | 肇 | zhào | - at first - devise - originate |
| 首 | 首 | shǒu | - head - chief - first (occasion, thing etc) - classifier for poems, songs etc |
| 一审 | 一審 | yīshěn | - first instance (law) |
| 一更 | 一更 | yīgēng | - first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old) |
| 一月 | 一月 | Yīyuè | - January - first month (of the lunar year) |
| 一秘 | 一秘 | yīmì | - first secretary |
| 一等 | 一等 | yīděng | - first class - grade A |
| 一级 | 一級 | yījí | - first class - category A |
| 一声 | 一聲 | yīshēng | - first tone in Mandarin (high level tone) |
| 一号 | 一號 | yīhào | - first day of the month - toilet - (slang) giver (in a homosexual relationship) |
| 一轮 | 一輪 | yīlún | - first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) |
| 上个 | 上個 | shàngge | - first (of two parts) - last (week etc) - previous - the above |
| 上半 | 上半 | shàngbàn | - first half |
| 上弦 | 上弦 | shàngxián | - to wind - to tighten - crescent moon - first quarter or waxing moon |
| 上旬 | 上旬 | shàngxún | - first third of a month |
| 上浣 | 上浣 | shànghuàn | - first ten days of a lunar month |
| 上首 | 上首 | shàngshǒu | - seat of honor - first place |
| 中尉 | 中尉 | zhōngwèi | - lieutenant (navy) - first lieutenant (army) - subaltern |
| 元年 | 元年 | yuánnián | - first year of Emperor's reign |
| 元月 | 元月 | Yuányuè | - first month (of either lunar or Western calendars) |
| 元配 | 元配 | yuánpèi | - first wife |
| 先河 | 先河 | xiānhé | - priority - sth advocated first - refers to ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea. |
| 先发 | 先發 | xiānfā | - initial - arising first - same as 首先發起|首先发起 |
| 其一 | 其一 | qíyī | - one of the given (options etc) - the first - firstly |
| 初一 | 初一 | chūyī | - first day of lunar month - New Year's Day - first year in junior middle school |
| 初恋 | 初戀 | chūliàn | - first love |
| 初更 | 初更 | chūgēng | - first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old) |
| 初犯 | 初犯 | chūfàn | - first offender - first offense |
| 初稿 | 初稿 | chūgǎo | - first draft (of writing) |
| 初设 | 初設 | chūshè | - first founded |
| 初试 | 初試 | chūshì | - preliminary exam - qualifying exam - first try - preliminary testing |
| 初露 | 初露 | chūlù | - first sign (of budding talent) |
| 前段 | 前段 | qiánduàn | - first part - front end - forepart - front segment - the preceding section |
| 原来 | 原來 | yuánlái | - original - former - originally - formerly - at first - so, actually, as it turns out |
| 回门 | 回門 | huímén | - first return of bride to her parental home |
| 大指 | 大指 | dàzhǐ | - first (index) finger - big toe |
| 好强 | 好強 | hàoqiáng | - eager to be first |
| 始建 | 始建 | shǐjiàn | - to start building - first built |
| 子丑 | 子丑 | zǐchǒu | - first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支 - by ext., the earthly branches |
| 带头 | 帶頭 | dàitóu | - to take the lead - to be the first - to set an example |
| 平声 | 平聲 | píngshēng | - level or even tone - first and second tones in modern Mandarin |
| 弥月 | 彌月 | míyuè | - full moon - first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month) |
| 急救 | 急救 | jíjiù | - first aid - emergency treatment |
| 抢先 | 搶先 | qiǎngxiān | - to rush (to do sth urgent) - to try to be the first - to forestall |
| 旬岁 | 旬歲 | xúnsuì | - full year - first birthday |
| 明末 | 明末 | Míngmò | - late Ming - first half of the 17th century |
| 晨曦 | 晨曦 | chénxī | - first rays of morning sun - first glimmer of dawn |
| 最先 | 最先 | zuìxiān | - (the) very first |
| 朔日 | 朔日 | shuòrì | - first day of the lunar month |
| 朔月 | 朔月 | shuòyuè | - new moon - first day of the lunar month |
| 本来 | 本來 | běnlái | - original - originally - at first - it goes without saying - of course |
| 杨坚 | 楊堅 | YángJiān | - first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
| 正室 | 正室 | zhèngshì | - first wife - legal wife |
| 正月 | 正月 | Zhēngyuè | - first month of the lunar year |
| 正朔 | 正朔 | zhēngshuò | - first day of the first lunar month - (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty |
| 清早 | 清早 | qīngzǎo | - first thing in the morning - at daybreak |
| 争先 | 爭先 | zhēngxiān | - to compete to be first - to contest first place |
| 甲乙 | 甲乙 | jiǎyǐ | - first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] |
| 甲子 | 甲子 | jiǎzǐ | - first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) - the sixty-year cycle |
| 甲方 | 甲方 | jiǎfāng | - first party (law) - see also 乙方[yi3 fang1] |
| 甲级 | 甲級 | jiǎjí | - first rate - top class - excellent |
| 苗头 | 苗頭 | miáotou | - first signs - development (of a situation) |
| 草拟 | 草擬 | cǎonǐ | - first draft - to draw up (a first version) |
| 起先 | 起先 | qǐxiān | - at first - in the beginning |
| 起初 | 起初 | qǐchū | - originally - at first - at the outset |
| 起头 | 起頭 | qǐtóu | - to start - at first - beginning |
| 金奖 | 金獎 | jīnjiǎng | - gold medal - first prize |
| 开先 | 開先 | kāixiān | - at first |
| 开光 | 開光 | kāiguāng | - eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) - to consecrate - to bless - transparent - translucent - haircut - shaving the head or face (humorous) - a method of decoration - first light (astronomy) |
| 开初 | 開初 | kāichū | - at the outset - at first - early |
| 开张 | 開張 | kāizhāng | - to open a business - first transaction of a business day |
| 头一 | 頭一 | tóuyī | - the first |
| 头伏 | 頭伏 | tóufú | - first of three 10 day periods of hot season |
| 头功 | 頭功 | tóugōng | - first class merit |
| 头名 | 頭名 | tóumíng | - first place - leader (of a race) |
| 头彩 | 頭彩 | tóucǎi | - first prize in a lottery |
| 头挡 | 頭擋 | tóudǎng | - first gear |
| 头奖 | 頭獎 | tóujiǎng | - first prize |
| 头等 | 頭等 | tóuděng | - first class - prime - main |
| 头号 | 頭號 | tóuhào | - first rate - top rank - number one |
| 头路 | 頭路 | tóulù | - clue - thread (of a story) - mate - first class |
| 头道 | 頭道 | tóudào | - first time - first (round, course, coat of paint etc) |
| 首任 | 首任 | shǒurèn | - first person to be appointed to a post |
| 首位 | 首位 | shǒuwèi | - first place |
| 首例 | 首例 | shǒulì | - first case - first instance |
| 首先 | 首先 | shǒuxiān | - first (of all) - in the first place |
| 首季 | 首季 | shǒujì | - first season - first quarter |
| 首家 | 首家 | shǒujiā | - first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc) |
| 首届 | 首屆 | shǒujiè | - first session (of a conference etc) |
| 首层 | 首層 | shǒucéng | - first floor - ground floor |
| 首度 | 首度 | shǒudù | - first time |
| 首款 | 首款 | shǒukuǎn | - to confess one's crime - first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc) |
| 首演 | 首演 | shǒuyǎn | - maiden stage role - first performance - first public showing |
| 首发 | 首發 | shǒufā | - first issue - first public showing |
| 首轮 | 首輪 | shǒulún | - first round (of a competition etc) |
| 首办 | 首辦 | shǒubàn | - first organized - to run sth for the first time |
| 首选 | 首選 | shǒuxuǎn | - first choice - premium - to come first in the imperial examinations |
| 首重 | 首重 | shǒuzhòng | - to emphasize - to give the most weight to - to rank first |
| 首页 | 首頁 | shǒuyè | - home page (of a website) - title page - front page - first page - fig. beginning - cover letter |
| 魁元 | 魁元 | kuíyuán | - brightest and best - chief - first among peers |
| 一大早 | 一大早 | yīdàzǎo | - at dawn - at first light - first thing in the morning |
| 一等奖 | 一等獎 | yīděngjiǎng | - first prize |
| 一级头 | 一級頭 | yījítóu | - first stage (diving) |
| 上半夜 | 上半夜 | shàngbànyè | - first half of the night - time before midnight |
| 上半年 | 上半年 | shàngbànnián | - first half (of a year) |
| 上弦月 | 上弦月 | shàngxiányuè | - first quarter moon |
| 先不先 | 先不先 | xiānbùxiān | - first of all - in the first place, ... |
| 前半夜 | 前半夜 | qiánbànyè | - first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight) |
| 前半天 | 前半天 | qiánbàntiān | - morning - a.m. - first half of the day |
| 前半晌 | 前半晌 | qiánbànshǎng | - morning - a.m. - first half of the day |
| 创世记 | 創世記 | Chuàngshìjì | - Book of Genesis - First Book of Moses |
| 创刊号 | 創刊號 | chuàngkānhào | - first issue |
| 十・一 | 十・一 | shí·yī | - first of October - PRC National Day - same as 國慶|国庆[Guo2 qing4] |
| 升结肠 | 升結腸 | shēngjiécháng | - ascending colon (anatomy) - first section of large intestine |
| 原动力 | 原動力 | yuándònglì | - motive force - prime mover - first cause - agent |
| 四旬节 | 四旬節 | sìxúnjié | - First Sunday of Lent |
| 地面层 | 地面層 | dìmiàncéng | - ground floor - first floor |
| 定场白 | 定場白 | dìngchǎngbái | - first soliloquy (introducing opera character) |
| 定场诗 | 定場詩 | dìngchǎngshī | - first soliloquy text (introducing opera character) |
| 急救站 | 急救站 | jíjiùzhàn | - emergency desk - first aid office |
| 猛一看 | 猛一看 | měngyīkàn | - at first glance - first impression |
| 破天荒 | 破天荒 | pòtiānhuāng | - unprecedented - for the first time - never before - first ever |
| 第一例 | 第一例 | dìyīlì | - first case - first instance - first time (sth is done) |
| 第一步 | 第一步 | dìyībù | - step one - first step |
| 第一级 | 第一級 | dìyījí | - first level |
| 第一声 | 第一聲 | dìyīshēng | - first tone in Mandarin - high level tone |
| 第一轮 | 第一輪 | dìyīlún | - first round (of match, or election) |
| 处女作 | 處女作 | chǔnǚzuò | - first publication - maiden work |
| 处子秀 | 處子秀 | chǔzǐxiù | - first show - maiden appearance |
| 隋文帝 | 隋文帝 | SuíWéndì | - first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
| 顶尖级 | 頂尖級 | dǐngjiānjí | - first class - top - world best |
| 头半天 | 頭半天 | tóubàntiān | - morning - first half of the day |
| 头文字 | 頭文字 | tóuwénzì | - initial - first letter of word (in Latin script) |
| 首创者 | 首創者 | shǒuchuàngzhě | - creator - originator - first proponent |
| 首日封 | 首日封 | shǒurìfēng | - first day of issue |
| 丁卯战争 | 丁卯戰爭 | DīngmǎoZhànzhēng | - first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) |
| 丁卯胡乱 | 丁卯胡亂 | DīngmǎoHúluàn | - first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) |
| 世界第一 | 世界第一 | shìjièdìyī | - ranked number one in the world - the world's first |
| 先来后到 | 先來後到 | xiānláihòudào | - in order of arrival - first come, first served |
| 先到先得 | 先到先得 | xiāndàoxiāndé | - first come first served |
| 先斩后奏 | 先斬後奏 | xiānzhǎnhòuzòu | - first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later |
| 列王纪上 | 列王紀上 | Lièwángjìshàng | - First book of Kings |
| 列王记上 | 列王記上 | Lièwángjìshàng | - First book of Kings |
| 初露才华 | 初露才華 | chūlùcáihuá | - first sign of budding talent - to display one's ability for the first time |
| 初露锋芒 | 初露鋒芒 | chūlùfēngmáng | - first sign of budding talent - to display one's ability for the first time |
| 初露头角 | 初露頭角 | chūlùtóujiǎo | - lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent - first sign of emerging talent - budding genius |
| 国共合作 | 國共合作 | guógònghézuò | - First United Front between Guomindang and Communist party, 1923-1927 |
| 天下第一 | 天下第一 | tiānxiàdìyī | - first under heaven - number one in the country |
| 天地玄黄 | 天地玄黃 | tiāndìxuánhuáng | - first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文[Qian1 zi4 wen2] |
| 彼得前书 | 彼得前書 | Bǐdéqiánshū | - First Epistle of Peter (in New Testament) |
| 后进先出 | 後進先出 | hòujìnxiānchū | - to come late and leave first - last in, first out (LIFO) |
| 情窦初开 | 情竇初開 | qíngdòuchūkāi | - first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom) |
| 捷足先登 | 捷足先登 | jiézúxiāndēng | - the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) - the early bird catches the worm - first come, first served |
| 敢为人先 | 敢為人先 | gǎnwéirénxiān | - to dare to be first - to pioneer (idiom) |
| 历代志上 | 歷代志上 | Lìdàizhìshàng | - First book of Chronicles |
| 甲午战争 | 甲午戰爭 | JiǎwǔZhànzhēng | - First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) |
| 第一国际 | 第一國際 | dìyīguójì | - First international, organized by Karl Marx in Geneva in 1866 |
| 第一夫人 | 第一夫人 | dìyīfūrén | - First Lady (wife of US president) |
| 第一季度 | 第一季度 | dìyījìdù | - first quarter (of financial year) |
| 第一时间 | 第一時間 | dìyīshíjiān | - in the first moments (of sth happening) - immediately (after an event) - first thing |
| 第一象限 | 第一象限 | dìyīxiàngxiàn | - first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive) |
| 约翰一书 | 約翰一書 | Yuēhànyīshū | - First epistle of St John |
| 约翰壹书 | 約翰壹書 | Yuēhànyīshū | - First epistle of St John - also written 約翰一書|约翰一书 |
| 缓急轻重 | 緩急輕重 | huǎnjíqīngzhòng | - slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first - sense of priority - also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急 |
| 轻重缓急 | 輕重緩急 | qīngzhònghuǎnjí | - slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first - sense of priority |
| 全世界第一 | 全世界第一 | quánshìjièdìyī | - world's first |
| 哥林多前书 | 哥林多前書 | Gēlínduōqiánshū | - First epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians |
| 提摩太前书 | 提摩太前書 | Tímótàiqiánshū | - First epistle of St Paul to Timothy |
| 撒母耳纪上 | 撒母耳紀上 | Sāmǔěrjìshàng | - First book of Samuel |
| 撒母耳记上 | 撒母耳記上 | Sāmǔěrjìshàng | - First book of Samuel |
| 隋文帝杨坚 | 隋文帝楊堅 | SuíWéndìYángjiān | - first Sui emperor (541-604) Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604 |
| 首次注视时间 | 首次注視時間 | shǒucìzhùshìshíjiān | - first fixation duration |
| 帖撒罗尼迦前书 | 帖撒羅尼迦前書 | Tiěsāluóníjiāqiánshū | - First epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians |
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