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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 第一

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
第一 dì - yī - first
- most important; primary; foremost

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
2 - 223 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth")
- (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
- (old) residence of a high official
- (literary) but; however
- (literary) only; just
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Other Words Containing 第一

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
第一 2 - 223 - -
第一夫人 - - 10,869 - -
第一手 - 9 20,647 21,459 19,937
第一流 - - 23,196 36,234 66,357
天下第一 - - 33,924 17,952 18,068
第一线 - 9 35,236 12,230 23,233