1. first
2. most important; primary; foremost

1. (literally, figuratively) first; 1st
2. being the most important consideration; being essential, or a priority; coming first
3. first; 1st
4. firstly
5. number one; #1; first (in a test, competition, etc.)

1. to support
2. frame
3. rack
4. framework
5. classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc

classifier: 架

1. to be (followed by substantives only)
2. correct; right; true
3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)

1. to exist; to be alive
2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

1. one
2. single
3. a (article)
4. as soon as
5. entire; whole; all; throughout
6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

1. nine
2. 9

1. zero
2. nought
3. zero sign
4. fractional
5. fragmentary
6. odd (of numbers)
7. (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
8. fraction
9. (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
10. extra
11. to wither and fall
12. to wither

1. three
2. 3

classifier: 個

1. grain
2. harvest (old)
3. variant of 年 nián

1. (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off
2. (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

1. whole
2. entire
3. total

1. course of events
2. process

classifier: 個

1. to last
2. to take (time)
3. period
4. diachronic

1. twelve
2. 12

1. second (unit of time)
2. arc second (angular measurement unit)
3. (coll.) instantly