Dictionary › 第一
第一
dì yī
What 第一 means
- first
- most important; primary; foremost
The characters in 第一
Example sentences
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生活第一!Life first!
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我是第一。I'm first.
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你是第一。You're the first.
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这是第一次。This is the first time.
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这是第一点。That’s the first point.
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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.
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