# 第一
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dì-yī
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): di$^4$ yi$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ди йи (di yi, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dai$^6$ jat$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thi-yit
    (Hailu, HRS): ti$^˖$ rhid
* Northern Min (KCR): dì-ĭ / dĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): dâ̤-ék
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): de$^5$ ih$^6$ / dai$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tē-it
    (Teochew, Peng'im): doin$^6$ ig$^4$ / doin$^6$ êg$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$di-iq$_7$ / $^2$di$_6$-iq$_7$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): di$^5$ i$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dì-yī
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìyi
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^4$-i$^1$
*** Yale: dì-yī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihi
*** Palladius: дии (dii)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: di$^4$ yi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dij
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹³ i²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ди йи (di yi, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁴⁴ i²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dai$^6$ jat$^1$
*** Yale: daih yāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dai$^6$ jat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dei$^6$ yed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐi̯²² jɐt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-yit
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti id$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^4$ yid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ it̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-yit
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti (r)id$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ti$^4$ yid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ (j)it̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ti$^˖$ rhid
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi³³ ʒit⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dì-ĭ / dĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁴² i²⁴/, /ti²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dâ̤-ék
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ɛiʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^5$ ih$^6$ [Phonetic: de$^4$ ih$^6$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dā̤-ih
*** Sinological IPA : /te²¹⁻⁴² iʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: de$^5$ ih$^6$ [Phonetic: de$^4$ ih$^6$]
*** Sinological IPA : /te²¹⁻⁴² iʔ²/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dai$^4$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: da̍i
*** Sinological IPA : /tai⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-it
*** Tâi-lô: tē-it
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dexid
*** IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ it̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² it̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ it̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ it̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ it̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: doin$^6$ ig$^4$ / doin$^6$ êg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏiⁿ ik / tŏiⁿ ek
*** Sinological IPA : /tõĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ ik̚²/, /tõĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ ek̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$di-iq$_7$
*** MiniDict: di$^去$ ih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$di-iq$_4$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² iɪʔ⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$di$_6$-iq$_7$
*** MiniDict: di$^去$ ih$^入$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /di²² iɪʔ³³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: di$^5$ i$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: dejH 'jit
Rime :
| Character | 第 | 一 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 特計切 | 於悉切 |
| Baxter | dejH | 'jit |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dei$^H$/ | /ʔiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dei$^H$/ | /ʔit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛi$^H$/ | /ʔjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛj$^H$/ | /ʔit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dei$^H$/ | /ʔiĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /diei$^H$/ | /ĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱiei$^H$/ | /ʔi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dì | yi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dai$^6$ | jat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]ˤəjʔ-s ʔi[t]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*diːls qliɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 第 | 一 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dì | yī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dej$^H$ › | ‹ ʔjit › |
| Old Chinese | /*[l]ˁəjʔ-s/ | /*ʔi[t]/ |
| English | sequence | one |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 第 | 一 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 2298 | 14833 |
| Phonetic component | 弟 | 一 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 第 | 一 |
| Old Chinese | /*diːls/ | /*qliɡ/ |
| Notes | 弟轉註字見左傳 | |

### Noun

第一
* (literally, figuratively) first; 1st
    第一次婚姻 ― dìyī cì hūnyīn ― first marriage
    第一志願大學／第一志愿大学 ― dìyī zhìyuàn dàxué ― first-preference university
       shìjiè dìyīdà jīngjìtǐ [Pinyin]
       world's biggest economy
       quánqiú dìyī dà màoyìguó [Pinyin]
       the largest trading nation in the world
       Zhōngguó dìyī lìshǐ dàng'ànguǎn [Pinyin]
       the First Historical Archives of China
       Wǒ měicì qù miànshì, dìyī jiàn shì shì zhǎo cèsuǒ. [Pinyin]
       Every time I go to an interview, the first thing I do is look for a toilet.
    From: 紀實頻道, 大師, 王力
    dào zhèshí, Wáng Lì yǐ zài yǔyánxué yánjiū-shàng liúxià-le xǔduō dìyī, rú dìyī cì gěichū-le yǔfǎ de dìngyì [Pinyin]
    By this time, Wang Li had already left many firsts in the study of lingustics, such as the first time giving a definition to "grammar".
* number one; #1; first (in a test, competition, etc.)
    中國第一大貪官／中国第一大贪官 ― Zhōngguó dìyī dà tānguān ― the most corrupt official in Chinese history
       Wáng Xiùyīng suīrán kǎo le dìyī, dànshì tā yīdiǎn yě bù jiāo'ào. [Pinyin]
       Although Wang Xiuying scored first in the exam, she was not at all arrogant about it.

#### Derived terms

* 天下第一 (tiānxiàdìyī)
* 安全第一 (ānquán dì-yī)
* 法蘭西第一共和國 / 法兰西第一共和国 (Fǎlánxī Dì-yī Gònghéguó)
* 第一世界 (Dì-yī Shìjiè)
* 第一人
* 第一人稱 / 第一人称 (dì-yī rénchēng)
* 第一個 / 第一个 (dì-yī gè)
* 第一先生
* 第一名 (dìyīmíng)
* 第一國際 / 第一国际 (Dì-yī Guójì)
* 第一地點 / 第一地点
* 第一夫人 (dì-yī fūrén)
* 第一志願 / 第一志愿 (dì-yī zhìyuàn)
* 第一性徵 / 第一性征 (dì-yī xìngzhēng)
* 第一手 (dìyīshǒu)
* 第一把手 (dìyībǎshǒu)
* 第一時間 / 第一时间 (dì-yī shíjiān)
* 第一次 (dì-yī cì)
* 第一次世界大戰 / 第一次世界大战 (Dì-yī Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn)
* 第一步
* 第一波
* 第一流
* 第一火線 / 第一火线
* 第一炮
* 第一版
* 第一現場 / 第一现场 (dì-yī xiànchǎng)
* 第一產業 / 第一产业 (dì-yī chǎnyè)
* 第一眼
* 第一等
* 第一線 / 第一线 (dìyīxiàn)
* 第一義 / 第一义
* 第一要緊 / 第一要紧
* 第一遭
* 第一順位 / 第一顺位
* 第一類永動機 / 第一类永动机 (dì-yī lèi yǒngdòngjī)
* 韓國第一共和國 / 韩国第一共和国 (Hánguó Dì-yī Gònghéguó)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 第一(だいいち) (daiichi)
* → Korean: 제일(第一) (jeil)
* → Vietnamese: đệ nhất (第一)

#### See also

* 第二 (dì'èr)

### Adverb

第一
* firstly
* being the most important consideration; being essential, or a priority; coming first
    安全第一 ― ānquán dìyī ― safety comes first
* (Hakka, Sichuanese, Min) most

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 最, 至 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 最 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 最, 頂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 最 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 最 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 最 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 最, 頂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 最 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 最, 第一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 頂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 最 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 頂, 最 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 頂, 最 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 最, 至 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 最, 至 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 最, 至 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 至 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 最 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 頂 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 最, 第一 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 盡, 最 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 最, 盡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 最 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 盡, 最 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 最 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 最 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 頂 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頂, 最, 第一 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 第一, 最 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 第一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 第一, 第, 一, 上 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 第一, 第, 上 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 上 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 第一, 上 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 上 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 上 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 上 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 上 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 上 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 上 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 上 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 上 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 上 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 第一 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 第, 上 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 上頂, 上 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 上, 最 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 一 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 上, 上頂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 最 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 最 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 最, 最最, 頂 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 頂, 最 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 頂, 頂頂 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頂, 最 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 頂, 最 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 頂, 最 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 第 | 一 |
| だい Grade: 3 | いち Grade: 1 |
| goon ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 第一 (MC dejH 'jit). First attested in a text from 772.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) だいいち [dáꜜììchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [da̠iit͡ɕi]

### Noun

第(だい)一(いち) • (daiichi)
* [from 772] first, foremost, number one
    Synonym: 随一 (“zuiichi”)

### References

* ↑ “第一”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 第 | 一 |

### Noun

第一 • (jeil) (hangeul 제일)
* hanja form of 제일 (“number one; the first; the most”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 第 | 一 |

### Noun

第一
* chữ Hán form of đệ nhất (“the first”).