Learn 第一 (dì yī) in Chinese

第(dì) 一(yī)

YCT 3

Translation

(num.) first; number one

Simplified 第一

Traditional 第一

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Examples of use 11

这(zhè) 是(shì) 我(wǒ) 第(dì) 一(yī) 次(cì) 来(lái) 北(běi) 京(jīng) 。(。)

(phr.) This is my first trip to Beijing.

一(yī) 年(nián) 前(qián) ，(，) 我(wǒ) 第(dì) 一(yī) 次(cì) 来(lái) 到(dào) 中(Zhōng) 国(guó) ，(，) 当(dāng) 时(shí) 我(wǒ) 一(yī) 句(jù) 汉(hàn) 语(yǔ) 也(yě) 不(bù) 会(huì) 说(shuō) 。(。)

A year ago, when I first came to China, I couldn't even speak a word of Mandarin.

要(yào) 是(shi) 我(wǒ) 不(bù) 那(nà) 么(me) 粗(cū) 心(xīn) ，(，) 昨(zuó) 天(tiān) 的(de) 考(kǎo) 试(shì) 一(yī) 定(dìng) 能(néng) 得(dé) 第(dì) 一(yī) 名(míng) 。(。)

If I hadn't been so careless, I would have won the first place in yesterday's exam.

今(jīn) 天(tiān) 早(zǎo) 上(shang) 我(wǒ) 是(shì) 第(dì) 一(yī) 个(gè) 到(dào) 教(jiào) 室(shì) 的(de) 。(。)

This morning I was the first to arrive at the classroom.

第(dì) 一(yī) 班(bān) 每(měi) 天(tiān) 上(shàng) 午(wǔ) 十(shí) 点(diǎn) 出(chū) 发(fā。) 。()

First flight departs at ten in the morning.

实(shí) 践(jiàn) 证(zhèng) 明(míng) ，(,) 第(dì) 二(èr) 种(zhǒng) 人(rén) 得(dé) 到(dào) 的(de) 总(zǒng) 是(shì) 比(bǐ) 第(dì) 一(yī) 种(zhǒng) 人(rén) 更(gèng) 多(duō) 。(.)

Practice has proved that the second kind of people always get more than the first kind of people.

我(wǒ) 是(shì) 第(dì) 一(yī) 个(gè) 。(。)

I was the first.

在(zài) 第(dì) 一(yī) 个(gè) 红(hóng) 绿(lǜ) 灯(dēng) 往(wǎng) 右(yòu) 走(zǒu) 。(。)

Go right at the first traffic light.

春(chūn) 季(jì) 是(shì) 四(sì) 季(jì) 中(zhòng) 的(dì) 第(dì) 一(yī) 个(gè) 季(jì) 节(jié) 。(。)

Spring is the first of the four seasons.

这(zhè) 是(shì) 我(wǒ) 第(dì) 一(yī) 次(cì) 看(kàn) 中(zhòng) 医(yī) 。(。)

This is my first time to see Chinese medicine practitioners.

这(zhè) 是(shì) 我(wǒ) 第(dì) 一(yī) 次(cì) 在(zài) 中(zhōng) 国(guó) 过(guò) 春(chūn) 节(jié) 。(。)

This is my first Spring Festival in China.

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