first of all; in the first place

prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

first; first time; for the first time

capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]

head; boss; chief

Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])

the most important; of chief importance

jewelry; head ornament

senior official

capital city of an autonomous region

first place

head (of state); summit (meeting); leader

maiden stage role; first performance; first public showing

first issue; first public showing

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)

initial letter of a word

first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations

severed head

first batch

home page (of a website); title page; front page; first page; fig. beginning; cover letter

to count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding

first time

premiere of a movie

down payment

first person to be appointed to a post

first case; first instance

to initiate

to originate; to pioneer; to invent

first organized; to run sth for the first time

principal county magistrate in imperial China

first season; first quarter

first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc)

richest individual; top millionaire

head and tail

first floor; ground floor

first session (of a conference etc)

to regard as the foremost; to name as a prime example; to implement for the first time

to confess one's crime; first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc)

debut

to give a nod of approval

first round (of a competition etc)

local capital; regional capital

to emphasize; to give the most weight to; to rank first

(linguistics) onset

down payment

pioneer; trailblazer

onset and rime

first day cover (philately)