第一

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Chinese

(ordinal prefix); ‑th; rank
 
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
trad. (第一) 第 一
simp. #(第一) 第 一

Pronunciation

Note: dĭ - contraction.
Note: doin6 êg4 - Jieyang.
Rime
Character 第 一
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 眞 (48)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 特計切 於悉切
Baxter dejH 'jit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/deiH/ /ʔiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/deiH/ /ʔit̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɛiH/ /ʔjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dɛjH/ /ʔit̚/
Li
Rong 		/deiH/ /ʔiĕt̚/
Wang
Li 		/dieiH/ /ĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱieiH/ /ʔi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dì yi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dai6 jat1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 第 一
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dì yī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dejH › ‹ ʔjit ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁəjʔ-s/ /*ʔi/
English sequence one

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 第 一
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2298 14833
Phonetic
component 		弟 一
Rime
group 		脂 質
Rime
subdivision 		1 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		第 一
Old
Chinese 		/*diːls/ /*qliɡ/
Notes 弟轉註字見左傳

Noun

第一

  1. (literally, figuratively) first; 1st
    第一次婚姻  ―  dìyī cì hūnyīn  ―  first marriage
    第一志願大學／第一志愿大学  ―  dìyī zhìyuàn dàxué  ―  first-preference university
    世界第一大經濟體 [MSC, trad.]
    世界第一大经济体 [MSC, simp.]
    shìjiè dìyīdà jīngjìtǐ
    world's biggest economy
    全球第一大貿易國 [MSC, trad.]
    全球第一大贸易国 [MSC, simp.]
    quánqiú dìyī dà màoyìguó
    the largest trading nation in the world
    中國第一歷史檔案館 [MSC, trad.]
    中国第一历史档案馆 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngguó dìyī lìshǐ dàng'ànguǎn
    the First Historical Archives of China
    我每次去面試，第一件事是找廁所。 [MSC, trad.]
    我每次去面试，第一件事是找厕所。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ měicì qù miànshì, dìyī jiàn shì shì zhǎo cèsuǒ.
    Every time I go to an interview, the first thing I do is look for a toilet.
  2. number one; #1; first (in a test, competition, etc.)
    中國第一大貪官／中国第一大贪官  ―  Zhōngguó dìyī dà tānguān  ―  the most corrupt official in Chinese history
    王秀英雖然考了第一，但是她一點也不驕傲。 [MSC, trad.]
    王秀英虽然考了第一，但是她一点也不骄傲。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wáng Xiùyīng suīrán kǎo le dìyī, dànshì tā yīdiǎn yě bù jiāo'ào.
    Although Wang Xiuying scored first in the exam, she was not at all arrogant about it.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (第一):

See also

Adverb

第一

  1. firstly
  2. being the most important consideration; being essential, or a priority; coming first
    安全第一  ―  ānquán dìyī  ―  safety comes first
  3. (Hakka, Sichuanese, Min) most

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 最 (“most”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 最, 至
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 最
Mandarin Beijing 最, 頂
Taiwan 最
Jinan 最, 頂
Xi'an 最
Wuhan 頂
Chengdu 最, 第一
Guilin 最
Yangzhou 頂, 最
Hefei 頂, 最
Malaysia 最
Singapore 最
Cantonese Guangzhou 最, 至
Hong Kong 最, 至
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 最
Taishan 最, 至
Yangjiang 至
Hepu (Lianzhou) 最
Hepu (Shatian) 最
Beihai 最
Beihai (Nankang) 最
Beihai (Yingpan) 最
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 最
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 最
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 最
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 最
Singapore (Guangfu) 最
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 最
Móng Cái 最
Gan Nanchang 頂
Hakka Meixian 最, 第一
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 盡, 最
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 最, 盡
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 最
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 盡, 最
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 最
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頭
Hong Kong 最
Jin Taiyuan 頂
Northern Min Jian'ou 頂, 最, 第一
Eastern Min Fuzhou 第一, 最
Matsu 第一
Southern Min Xiamen 第一, 第, 一, 上
Quanzhou 第一, 第, 上
Jinjiang 上
Zhangzhou 第一, 上
Zhao'an 上
Dongshan 上
Taipei 上
Kaohsiung 上
Yilan 上
Changhua (Lukang) 上
Taichung 上
Tainan 上
Hsinchu 上
Kinmen 上
Penang (Hokkien) 第一
Singapore (Hokkien) 上
Manila (Hokkien) 第, 上
Chaozhou 上頂, 上
Shantou 上, 最
Shantou (Chaoyang) 一
Jieyang 上, 上頂
Singapore (Teochew) 上
Pontianak (Teochew) 上
Wenchang 最
Qionghai 最
Wu Shanghai 最, 最最, 頂
Suzhou 頂, 最
Ningbo 頂, 頂頂
Wenzhou 頂, 最
Xiang Changsha 頂, 最
Shuangfeng 頂, 最

Japanese

Kanji in this term
第 一
だい
Grade: 3 		いち
Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 第一 (MC dejH 'jit). First attested in a text from 772.

Pronunciation

Noun

第(だい)一(いち) • (daiichi) 

  1. first, foremost, number one
    Synonym: 随一 (“zuiichi”)

References

  1. ^ “第一”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
第一

Noun

第一 • (jeil) (hangeul 제일)

  1. Hanja form? of 제일 (“number one; the first; the most”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
第一

Noun

第一

  1. chữ Hán form of đệ nhất (“the first”).
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