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)
simp. #(第一)

Pronunciation


Note: dĭ - contraction.
Note: doin6 êg4 - Jieyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (34)
Final () (39) (48)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
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
yi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dai6 jat1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2298 14833
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*diːls/ /*qliɡ/
Notes

Noun

第一

  1. (literally, figuratively) first; 1st
    第一婚姻  ―  dìyī cì hūnyīn  ―  first marriage
    第一志願大學第一志愿大学  ―  dìyī zhìyuàn dàxué  ―  first-preference university
    世界第一經濟體 [MSC, trad.]
    世界第一经济体 [MSC, simp.]
    shìjiè dìyīdà jīngjìtǐ
    world's biggest economy
    全球第一貿易國 [MSC, trad.]
    全球第一贸易国 [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
    每次面試第一廁所 [MSC, trad.]
    每次面试第一厕所 [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.)
    中國第一貪官中国第一贪官  ―  Zhōngguó dìyī dà tānguān  ―  the most corrupt official in Chinese history
    雖然第一但是一點驕傲 [MSC, trad.]
    虽然第一但是一点骄傲 [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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(だい)(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]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

第一 (jeil) (hangeul 제일)

  1. hanja form? of 제일 (number one; the first; the most)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

第一

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