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

HSK 2.0Level 2
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Character Breakdown

第 • dì • sequence prefix (ordinal number marker)
dì第

sequence prefix (ordinal number marker)

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

Word Info

Pinyindì yī
Meaningfirstly
Characters2
SyntaxNumeral

HSK 2 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 第一.

  • 时间shí jiāntime
  • 弟弟dì diyounger brother
  • 面条miàn tiáonoodles
  • 孩子hái zichild; children
  • 知道zhī daoknow; realise; be aware of
  • 公司gōng sīcompany; office
  • 生病shēng bìngill; sick; unwell
  • 大家dà jiāeverybody
  • 鸡蛋jī dàn(chicken) egg
  • 报纸bào zhǐnewspaper
  • 宾馆bīn guǎnguesthouse
  • 手表shǒu biǎowatch
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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.