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第一

dì yī
HSK 2.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. first
  2. 2. number one
  3. 3. primary

Example Sentences

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第一 個紅綠燈左轉。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 801350)
第一 個到。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5706101)
湯姆 第一 個進來。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5816148)

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Words Containing 第一

第一手
dì yī shǒu

first-hand

第一线
dì yī xiàn

front line

第一步
dì yī bù

step one

国语注音符号第一式
guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shì

Bopomofo

第一国际
dì yī guó jì

First international, organized by Karl Marx in Geneva in 1866

第一时间
dì yī shí jiān

in the first moments (of sth happening)

第一例
dì yī lì

first case

第一夫人
dì yī fū rén

First Lady (wife of US president)

第一象限
dì yī xiàng xiàn

first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)

第一次世界大战
dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn

World War One

第一流
dì yī liú

first-class

第一眼
dì yī yǎn

at first glance

天下第一
tiān xià dì yī

first under heaven

科学技术是第一生产力
kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lì

science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà])

第一声
dì yī shēng

first tone in Mandarin

第一桶金
dì yī tǒng jīn

the initial profits from an economic endeavour

第一基本形式
dì yī jī běn xíng shì

(math.) first fundamental form

第一级
dì yī jí

first level

第一产业
dì yī chǎn yè

primary sector of industry

第一把手
dì yī bǎ shǒu

the person in charge

世界第一
shì jiè dì yī

ranked number one in the world

第一次
dì yī cì

the first time

第一季度
dì yī jì dù

first quarter (of financial year)

第一炮
dì yī pào

(fig.) opening shot

第一型糖尿病
dì yī xíng táng niào bìng

Type 1 diabetes

第一轮
dì yī lún

first round (of match, or election)

全世界第一
quán shì jiè dì yī

world's first