How to Say ‘The first day’ in Traditional Chinese
第一天
dì yī tiān
[dee yee tiān]
💬 Usage Tip: Put 第 before a number to make it "first, second, third…": 第二天 (dì èr tiān) "the second day", 第三個 "the third one". In 第一天, 一 keeps its original tone (yī) because it's an ordinal number.
Phrase Breakdown
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.
天
tiān
[tiān]
day
A day; used with 哪 to ask 'which day'.
我們明天見。
See you tomorrow.
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