第一 meaning in English

dìyī

first; most important; primary; foremost

12 strokes

Meaning of 第一

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dìyī
  1. first
  2. most important; primary; foremost

第一 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

今jīn天tiān是shì2019年nián的de第dì一yī天tiān。
Today is the first day of 2019.
他tā是shì第dì一yí个gè来lái的de。
He was the first to come.
今jīn天tiān是shì第dì一yī天tiān。
Today is the first day.
第dì一yī天tiān怎zěn么me样yàng?
How's the first day?
那nà是shì她tā第dì一yī份fèn工gōng作zuò。
That's her first job.

Stroke order for each character

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第 dì · prefix indicating ordinal number · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

一 yī · one · 1 strokes

  1. 1

Related words

Words that share a character with 第一.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一样yīyàngsame; like
一些yīxiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一会儿yīhuìra moment; a while
一半yībànhalf
一边yībiānone side; either side
第二dì-èrsecond; number two
一点儿yīdiǎnrerhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3]
一块儿yīkuàirerhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
有一些yǒuyīxiēsomewhat; rather
一定yīdìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled

Questions about 第一

What does 第一 mean?

第一 (dìyī) means "first; most important; primary; foremost".

How do you write 第一?

第一 is made of 2 characters: 第 (11 strokes), 一 (1 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.