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"First" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn
上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn
先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn
第一 dì yī first / number one / primary syn
首先 shǒu xiān first (of all) / in the first place syn
最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally syn
原始 yuán shǐ first / original / primitive / original (document etc) syn
首 shǒu head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc syn
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 in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn
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] syn
在先 zài xiān to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly syn
一次 yī cì first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one)
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn
处女 處女 chǔ nǚ virgin / maiden / maiden (voyage etc) / virgin (land) / (a novelist's) first (work) syn
首家 shǒu jiā first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc) syn
初次 chū cì for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc) syn
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts) / last (week etc) / previous / the above
其一 qí yī one of the given (options etc) / the first / firstly syn
头道 頭道 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
魁首 kuí shǒu chief / first / brightest and best syn
初 chū at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic syn
第一次 dì yī cì the first time / first / number one
Chinese Pinyin Translation
行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn
正 zhēng first month of the lunar year syn
亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn
原来 原來 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out syn
本来 本來 běn lái original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course syn
沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
第一时间 第一時間 dì yī shí jiān in the first moments (of sth happening) / immediately (after an event) / first thing
目睹 mù dǔ to witness / to see at first hand / to see with one's own eyes syn
起初 qǐ chū originally / at first / at the outset syn
正月 zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year syn
第一眼 dì yī yǎn at first glance / at first sight
当头 當頭 dāng tóu coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first syn
元宵节 元宵節 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar syn
争先恐后 爭先恐後 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom) / outdoing one another syn
邮品 郵品 yóu pǐn items issued by a postal service and collected by philatelists (stamps, postcards, first day covers etc)
见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
空前绝后 空前絕後 kōng qián jué hòu unprecedented and never to be duplicated / the first and the last / unmatched / unique syn
抢答 搶答 qiǎng dá to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)
发妻 髮妻 fà qī first wife syn
抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)
首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
一级 一級 yī jí first class / category A
先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn
顶级 頂級 dǐng jí top-notch / first-rate syn
入学 入學 rù xué to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
发起 發起 fā qǐ to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) syn
优良 優良 yōu liáng fine / good / first-rate syn
上半年 shàng bàn nián first half (of a year)
首届 首屆 shǒu jiè first session (of a conference etc) syn
首选 首選 shǒu xuǎn first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
一月 yī yuè January / first month (of the lunar year) syn
首发 首發 shǒu fā first issue / first public showing
第一步 dì yī bù step one / first step
见识 見識 jiàn shi to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight syn
直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
初恋 初戀 chū liàn first love
一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
抢先 搶先 qiǎng xiān to rush (to do sth urgent) / to try to be the first / to forestall syn
一等奖 一等獎 yī děng jiǎng first prize
华盛顿 華盛頓 huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital)
带头 帶頭 dài tóu to take the lead / to be the first / to set an example syn
大一 dà yī first-year university student
字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) syn
一轮 一輪 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn
急救 jí jiù to give emergency treatment / first aid syn
首位 shǒu wèi first place syn
初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn
最先 zuì xiān (the) very first syn
周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
天下第一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven / number one in the country syn
首款 shǒu kuǎn to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc)
曙光 shǔ guāng the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning syn
结识 結識 jié shí to get to know sb / to meet sb for the first time syn
首度 shǒu dù first time syn
先到 xiān dào first arrival / first return
红楼梦 紅樓夢 hóng lóu mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
一审 一審 yī shěn first instance (law)
首映 shǒu yìng to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn
前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn
一等 yī děng first class / grade A syn
迈出 邁出 mài chū to step out / to take a (first) step syn
头号 頭號 tóu hào first rate / top rank / number one syn
第一季度 dì yī jì dù first quarter (of financial year)
人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
涉足 shè zú to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time syn
一见钟情 一見鍾情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng to fall in love at first sight (idiom) syn
元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world / the world's first
上好 shàng hǎo first-rate / top-notch syn
金奖 金獎 jīn jiǎng gold medal / first prize
上乘 shàng chéng first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4] syn
第一手 dì yī shǒu first-hand syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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