第一 dì yī first / number one / primary 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 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring syn 主要 zhǔ yào main / principal / major / primary syn 最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally syn 小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school / primary school syn 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn 铃声 鈴聲 líng shēng ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation 响起 響起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off syn 初级 初級 chū jí junior / primary syn 出马 出馬 chū mǎ to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring syn 指环 指環 zhǐ huán (finger) ring syn 光环 光環 guāng huán ring of light / halo / (fig.) glory / splendor 钻戒 鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 小学生 小學生 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student / schoolchild / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / (fig.) beginner 易拉罐 yì lā guàn pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) 初选 初選 chū xuǎn primary election 预选 預選 yù xuǎn preselection / short-listing / primary election 镶嵌 鑲嵌 xiāng qiàn to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tesselation syn 环形 環形 huán xíng ring-shaped / (math.) annulus 擂台 擂臺 lèi tái elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring 无名指 無名指 wú míng zhǐ ring finger 原生 yuán shēng original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware) 环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like 环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 年轮 年輪 nián lún annual ring / growth ring 门环 門環 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring) syn 环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 主从 主從 zhǔ cóng master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary syn 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 原色 yuán sè primary color syn 铁环 鐵環 tiě huán an iron ring 基色 primary colour syn 幼儿教育 幼兒教育 pre-primary education 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 初等教育 chū děng jiào yù primary education / junior school education 主管部门 主管部門 zhǔ guǎn bù mén office of primary interest 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 主要原因 zhǔ yào yuán yīn main reason / primary cause 听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere 浅析 淺析 qiǎn xī primary, elementary or coarse analysis syn 初生 chū shēng newborn / nascent / primary (biology) syn 主次 zhǔ cì the important and the less important / primary and secondary syn 烟圈 煙圈 yān quān smoke ring 电话铃声 電話鈴聲 diàn huà líng shēng (telephone) ring / ringing 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 第一产业 第一產業 dì yī chǎn yè primary sector of industry 外环线 外環線 wài huán xiàn outer ring (road or rail line) 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 角斗场 角鬥場 jué dòu chǎng wrestling ring 篮圈 籃圈 lán quān (basketball) hoop / ring 环形山 環形山 huán xíng shān crater / ring-shaped mountain 扣环 釦環 kòu huán circlip / C-clip / snap ring / Jesus clip / brooch 套圈 tào quān ferrule / ring toss 胶圈 膠圈 jiāo quān rubber ring / gasket 少年先锋队 少年先鋒隊 shào nián xiān fēng duì Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League) / abbr. to 少先隊|少先队 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 响 響 xiǎng echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises syn 晕 暈 yùn dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun syn 戒 jiè to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger) syn 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 苯环 苯環 běn huán benzene ring (chemistry) 颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn 令牌环 令牌環 lìng pái huán token ring 六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer) 芳香烃 芳香烴 fāng xiāng tīng aromatic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving benzene ring) 六环路 六環路 liù huán lù Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008 月晕 月暈 yuè yùn ring around the moon / lunar halo 拳击台 拳擊臺 quán jī tái boxing ring 璩 qú (jade ring) 瑗 yuàn large jade ring 民以食为天 民以食為天 mín yǐ shí wéi tiān Food is the God of the people. (idiom) / People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second syn 大老婆 dà lǎo pó primary wife syn 镮 鐶 huán (ancient weight) / metal ring 觼 jué buckle / clasp / ring 锳 鍈 yīng (onom.) ring / tinkle 一次能源 yī cì néng yuán primary energy 怀璧其罪 懷璧其罪 huái bì qí zuì lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom) / to get into trouble on account of a cherished item / fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others. 初级教育和两性平等问题第3工作队 初級教育和兩性平等問題第3工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 3 on Primary Education and Gender Equality / Task Force 3 on Primary Education and Gender Equality 初级裂变 初級裂變 chū jí liè biàn fission primary / fission trigger / thermonuclear weapon primary 裂变触发器 裂變觸發器 fission primary / fission trigger / thermonuclear weapon primary 初级预防 初級預防 chū jí yù fáng primary prevention / primary prophylaxis 原始数据用户站 原始數據用戶站 Primary Data Users Station / primary data receiving station 汇流环 匯流環 huì liú huán slip-ring / rotary electrical interface / collector ring 脂环烃 脂環烴 zhī huán tīng alicyclic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving ring other than benzene ring) 芳香环 芳香環 fāng xiāng huán benzene ring (chemistry) / aromatic ring 苯并噻吩 苯並噻吩 běn bìng sāi fēn benzothiophene C8H9, a heterocyclic compound (with one benzene ring and one cyclopentene ring) 滑环 滑環 huá huán slip ring / collector ring (electrical engineering) 扳指 bān zhǐ ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring) 原始林 yuán shǐ lín old growth forest / primary forest / original forest cover syn 原发性进行性失语 原發性進行性失語 yuán fā xìng jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ primary progressive aphasia (PPA), speech disorder (sometimes related to dementia) 蒙塾 méng shú primary school 蒙师 蒙師 méng shī primary school teacher 蒙求 méng qiú (traditional title of first readers) / primary education / teaching the ignorant / light to the barbarian 蒙馆 蒙館 méng guǎn primary school 