How to Say ‘Today's the first time.’ in Traditional Chinese
今天第一次。
jīn tiān dì yī cì
[jin tyan dee yee tsuh]
💬 Usage Tip: 第 (dì) before a number makes it an order: 第一次 "first time", 第二次 "second time".
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: This is an obviously insincere, wink-wink answer to "do you practice a lot?" It keeps the banter going.
Phrase Breakdown
今天
jīn tiān
[jin tyan]
today
Refers to the current day; often used when talking about today's event or schedule.
今天的活動讓我更了解這家公司。
Today’s event helped me understand this company better.
第一
dì yī
[dee yee]
first
Marks the number one in an ordered sequence, as in 'first time.'
你是第一次來嗎？這裡的人都很友善。
Is this your first time here? The people here are very friendly.
次
cì
[tsuh]
time; occurrence
A measure word for the number of times something happens.
你是第一次來嗎？
Is this your first time here?
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