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第一 (dì yī): Firstly (Numeral) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 2.0Level 2

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3.

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第 • dì • sequence prefix (ordinal number marker)

dì第

sequence prefix (ordinal number marker)

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Meaningfirstly

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一 • yī • one; once; first; structural word between two of the same verb; as soon as; throughout • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

yī一

one; once; first; structural word between two of the same verb; as soon as; throughout

HSK 2 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 第一.

好吃hǎo chīdelicious
问题wèn típroblem
希望xī wànghope; wish
公共汽车gōng gòng qì chēbus
告诉gào suto tell
便宜pián yicheap
早上zǎo shangearly morning
可能kě néngperhaps; possibly
左边zuǒ bianon the left
旁边páng biānnext to
生日shēng rìbirthday
准备zhǔn bèito prepare

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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 第一.

Words with 第

第一手dì yī shǒuFirst-hand / Primary
第七dì qīseventh
第三dì sānthird
第九

dì jiǔ

ninth

第二dì èrsecond

第五dì wǔfifth

第八dì bāeighth

第六dì liùsixth

Words with 一

一些yī xiēsome
一半yī bànhalf
一点儿yī diǎn era bit
一下yī xià[used after a verb] give something a go
一起yì qǐtogether
一共yī gòngaltogether
一定yī dìngdefinitely
一样yī yàngsame; identical

4.

How to Use 第一 in Sentences

Subject + Adjectivewith世界

shì世

jiè界

dì第

yī一

neutral

world's first

Adjective + Measure Wordwith个

dì第

yī一

gè个

Adjective + Noun

dì第

yī一

cì次

neutral

first time

5.

Example Sentences with 第一

dì第

yī一

，

wǒ我

xiǎng想

jiè介

neutral

the first one

dì第

yī一

míng名

neutral

first place

shào

绍

zì自

jǐ己

。

Firstly, I would like to introduce myself.

dì第

yī一

，

qǐng请

xiān先

jiè介

shào绍

yí一

xià下

nǐ你

zì自

jǐ己

。

Firstly, please introduce yourself.

tā他

zài在

bǐ比

sài赛

zhōng中

dé得

le了

dì第

yì一

míng名

。

He got first place in the competition.

dì第

yī一

，

yào要

nǔ努

lì力

xué学

xí习

；

dì第

èr二

，

yào要

hǎo好

hǎo好

xiū休

xi息

。

Firstly, study hard; secondly, rest well.