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第一

Chinese

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(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

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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) 質 (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/
Bernhard
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 		/*[l]ˁəjʔ-s/ /*ʔi[t]/
English sequence one

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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

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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 [Pinyin]
    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 [Pinyin]
    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 [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    Although Wang Xiuying scored first in the exam, she was not at all arrogant about it.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (第一):

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Adverb

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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

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Dialectal synonyms of 最 (“most”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 最, 至
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 最
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 最, 頂
Taiwan 最
Malaysia 最
Singapore 最
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 最, 頂
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 最
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 最, 第一
Wuhan 頂
Guilin 最
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 頂, 最
Hefei 頂, 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

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

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 第一 (MC dejH 'jit). First attested in a text from 772.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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第(だい)一(いち) • (daiichi) 

  1. [from 772] first, foremost, number one
    Synonym: 随一 (“zuiichi”)

References

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term
第一

Noun

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第一 • (jeil) (hangeul 제일)

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

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
第一

Noun

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第一

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