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第一

dì yī

HSK 2 2-character word

What 第一 means

1. first
2. most important; primary; foremost

The characters in 第一

• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 一yīone; single; a (article)

Example sentences

• 生活第一！
  Life first!
• 我是第一。
  I'm first.
• 你是第一。
  You're the first.
• 这是第一次。
  This is the first time.
• 这是第一点。
  That’s the first point.
• 这是第一步。
  It's the first step.

Words starting with 第一

• 第一手dì yī shǒufirst-hand
• 第一次dì yī cìthe first time; for the first time
• 第一步dì yī bùstep one; first step
• 第一流dì yī liúfirst-class
• 第一炮dì yī pào(fig.) opening shot
• 第一眼dì yī yǎnat first glance; at first sight
• 第一线dì yī xiànfront line; forefront
• 第一声dì yī shēngfirst tone in Mandarin; high, level tone
• 第一轮dì yī lúnfirst round (of match, or election)
• 第一世界Dì yī Shì jièFirst World
• 第一作者dì yī zuò zhěfirst author (of an academic paper)
• 第一国际dì yī guó jìFirst international, organized by Karl Marx in Geneva in 1866
• 第一夫人dì yī fū rénFirst Lady (wife of the head of state)
• 第一季度dì yī jì dùfirst quarter (of financial year)
• 第一岛链Dì yī Dǎo liàn(geopolitics) First Island Chain, strategic arc of islands including Japan, Taiwan and…
• 第一把手dì yī bǎ shǒuthe person in charge; the head of the leadership group
• 第一时间dì yī shí jiānin the first moments (of sth happening); immediately (after an event); first thing
• 第一桶金dì yī tǒng jīnthe first pot of gold; the initial profits from an economic endeavour
• 第一产业dì yī chǎn yèprimary sector of industry
• 第一人称射击dì yī rén chēng shè jīfirst-person shooter (video game genre)
• 第一型糖尿病dì yī xíng táng niào bìngType 1 diabetes
• 第一基本形式dì yī jī běn xíng shì(math) first fundamental form
• 第一次世界大战Dì yī cì Shì jiè Dà zhànWorld War One

Words containing 第一

• 世界第一shì jiè dì yīranked number one in the world; the world's first
• 天下第一tiān xià dì yīfirst under heaven; number one in the country
• 全世界第一quán shì jiè dì yīworld's first
• 破题儿第一遭pò tí r dì yī zāo(colloquial) one's first time ever experiencing sth (esp. sth notable or unusual)
• 国语注音符号第一式Guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shìMandarin Phonetic Symbols 1…
• 科学技术是第一生产力kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lìscience and technology is the number one productive force…

Sounds the same

Read dì yī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 地衣lichen

Where 第一 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time Expressions (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dì yī correctly.
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