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  *前* | 前* | *前
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 293) / former / formerly
HSK 1
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  *上* | 上* | *上
(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
HSK 1
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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
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  *元* | 元* | *元
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
HSK 1
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
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  *头* | 头* | *头
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
HSK 2
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  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines
HSK 3
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  *亲* | 亲* | *亲
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
HSK 3
first (of all) / in the first place
HSK 3
sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
HSK 3
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  *初* | 初* | *初
at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic
HSK 3
original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
HSK 3
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  *首* | 首* | *首
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc
HSK 4
fine / good / first-rate
HSK 4
first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally
HSK 4
first / original / primitive / original (document etc)
HSK 5
early or late; first and last; priority / in succession; one after another
HSK 5
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  *甲* | 甲* | *甲
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (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 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
HSK 5
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  *宫* | 宫* | *宫
palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale
HSK 6
first / first time / for the first time
HSK 6
to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
HSK 6
to give emergency treatment / first aid
HSK 6
to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
HSK 6
ground floor; first floor / lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *创* | 创* | *创
to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)
HSK 7-9
first batch
HSK 7-9
to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight
HSK 7-9
top-notch; first-rate
HSK 7-9
first rate / top rank / number one
HSK 7-9
to get to know sb / to meet sb for the first time
HSK 7-9
to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
HSK 7-9
for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc)
HSK 7-9
originally; at first; at the outset
HSK 7-9
the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
HSK 7-9
first signs / development (of a situation)
HSK 7-9
striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
HSK 7-9
as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
HSK 7-9
to witness / to see at first hand / to see with one's own eyes
HSK 7-9
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
first third of a month
HSK 7-9
at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning
HSK 7-9
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
first-hand
HSK 7-9
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  *朔* | 朔* | *朔
beginning / first day of lunar month / north
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  *冠* | 冠* | *冠
to put on a hat / to be first / to dub
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  *孟* | 孟* | *孟
first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers
Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 and creator of agriculture
first love
George Washington (1732-1799), first US president
first-year university student
New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
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  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
first instance (law)
first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations
first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels
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  *秦* | 秦* | *秦
surname Qin / Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇 / short name for 陝西|陕西
(the) very first
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)
Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital)
first-rate / top-notch
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) / prices starting from
gold medal; first prize
ancient Central Asian city state, flourished in first millennium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇)
first prize
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梗* | 梗* | *梗
branch / stem / stalk / CL: / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from , initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
Ying Zheng (260-210 BC), personal name of the first emperor 秦始皇
superb / first-rate / (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank
original name; real name / (of foreigners) first name; given name
January / first month (of the lunar year)
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)
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  *乍* | 乍* | *乍
at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling
omen / prior indication / first sign
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school
Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
(computing) input method where the user types just the initial or first letter of each syllable, e.g. "shq" or "sq" for 事情
first session (of a conference etc)
(of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading / to make the first transaction of the day
to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)
first issue / first public showing
one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
grade A / first-class
first wife
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
first person to be appointed to a post
first round (of a competition etc)
first-rate / of the highest order / high-class / excellent / superior
seat of honor / first place
to start / at first / beginning
person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as

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