The boy rode a horse for the first time.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
第一次
the first time; for the first time
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
the first time; for the first time
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 第一次 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 第一次 appears in 108 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He returned home for the first time in ten years.
The first attack missed the target.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 第一次.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 第一次.
Directly before
- 我第一次32
- 我们第一次8
- 他第一次6
- 中第一次4
- 你第一次4
Directly after
- 第一次见面6
- 第一次来6
- 第一次见到6
- 第一次吃6
- 第一次去4
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 第一次
What does 第一次 mean in Chinese?
第一次 (dìyīcì) means the first time; for the first time.
How do you pronounce 第一次?
第一次 is pronounced dìyīcì.
Is 第一次 an HSK word?
第一次 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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