本 初 子 午 線 běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn : the first meridian; the prime meridian

本 來 běn lái : original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course

初 chū : at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

Big5: , Unicode: 521d (初),
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燈 節 dēng jié : the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)

嫡 dí : first wife; son of first wife

Big5: , Unicode: 5ae1 (嫡),
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第 dì : (prefix before a number, for ordering numbers, e.g. "first", "number two", etc)

Big5: , Unicode: 7b2c (第),
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第 一 dì yī : first; No. 1

第 一 步 dì yī bù : step one; first step

第 一 次 dì yī cì : first; first time; number one

第 一 個 層 次 dì yī gè céng cì : the first stage

第 一 例 dì yī lì : first case; first instance; first time (sth is done)

第 一 流 dì yī liú : first-class

孟 mèng : first month; eldest brother; (surname)

Big5: , Unicode: 5b5f (孟),
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尼 赫 魯 ní hè lǔ : (Jawaharlal) Nehru (first Prime Minister of India)

全 世 界 第 一 quán shì jiè dì yī : world's first

上 «丄» shàng : on; on top; upon; first (of two parts); previous or last (week, etc.); upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; above; to go up

Big5: , Unicode: 4e0a (上),
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上 半 shàng bàn : first half

上 半 年 shàng bàn nián : first half (of a year)

上 個 shàng gè : first (of two parts); previous or last (week, etc.)

首 次 shǒu cì : for the first time

首 任 shǒu rèn : first person to be appointed to a post

首 先 shǒu xiān : first (of all); in the first place

朔 shuò : beginning; first day of lunar month

Big5: , Unicode: 6714 (朔),
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先 xiān : early; prior; former; in advance; first

Big5: , Unicode: 5148 (先),
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軋 [轧] yà : crush; in the first place

Big5: , Unicode: 8ecb (軋),
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壓 [压] «圧» yà : in the first place; to crush

Big5: , Unicode: 58d3 (壓),
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閼 yān : first wives of xiong-nu chiefs

Big5: , Unicode: 95bc (閼),
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一 次 yī cì : first; first time; once

一 號 yī hào : first day of the month

一 月 yī yuè : first month; January

一 秘 yí mì : first secretary

饔 yōng : dressed food; first meal of the day

Big5: , Unicode: 9954 (饔),
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元 yuán : (dynasty); dollar; primary; first

Big5: , Unicode: 5143 (元),
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原 來 yuán lái : original; former; originally; formerly; at first

原 始 yuán shǐ : first; original; primitive; original (document, etc)

乍 zhà : for the first time; suddenly

Big5: , Unicode: 4e4d (乍),
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肇 zhào : at first; devise; originate

Big5: , Unicode: 8087 (肇),
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最 初 zuì chū : first; primary; initial

最 先 zuì xiān : (the) very first