第一

dì yī · di yi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. first
  2. number one
  3. primary

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)在(zài)想(xiǎng)哪(nǎ)个(ge)跑(pǎo)步(bù)运(yùn)动(dòng)员(yuán)会(huì)跑(pǎo)第(dì)一(yī)。

I wonder which of the runners will come first.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by bekindtoall · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

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

This is my first time coming to Beijing.

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