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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
第一
first
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
first
02
most important; primary; foremost
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 第一 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 第一 appears in 28 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The first term starts in April.
Self-confidence is the principal element of any great endeavor.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 第一.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 第一.
Directly before
- 的第一6
- 是第一2
- 能第一2
- 跑第一1
- 多项第一1
Directly after
- 第一时间4
- 第一学期2
- 第一标志1
- 第一语言1
- 第一人1
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
What does 第一 mean in Chinese?
第一 (dìyī) means first.
How do you pronounce 第一?
第一 is pronounced dìyī.
Is 第一 an HSK word?
第一 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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