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Jyutping tau4 jat1
Pinyin tóu yī

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. the first
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    the first
    • 頭一次
      头一次
      tau4 jat1 ci3
      first time
  2. adv, Gan
    especially; particularly
    (syn.) 格外, 頭一, 头一, 尤其, 額外, 尤為, 特别, 特別, 尤为, 分外
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    这是个用这个国家前所未见的,环绕学校、教堂的无数人龙,所说出的答案。这些人苦等三、四个小时投票,许多人还是生平头一次,因为他们相信,这次一定要不一样,他们的声音就是明证。
    這是個用這個國家前所未見的,環繞學校、教堂的無數人龍,所說出的答案。這些人苦等三、四個小時投票,許多人還是生平頭一次,因為他們相信,這次一定要不一樣,他們的聲音就是明證。
    zhè shì gè yòng zhè ge guó jiā qián suǒ wèi jiàn de , huán rào xué xiào 、 jiào táng de wú shù rén lóng , suǒ shuō chū de dá àn 。 zhè xiē rén kǔ děng sān 、 sì gè xiǎo shí tóu piào , xǔ duō rén hái shi shēng píng tóu yī cì , yīn wèi tā men xiāng xìn , zhè cì yī dìng yào bù yī yàng , tā men de shēng yīn jiù shì míng zhèng 。
    • It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches, in numbers this nation has never seen. By people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
  2. Mandarin
    我要感谢我的选举搭档,这位先生全心全意竞选,为与他在史克兰顿街头一起长大的男男女女代言,并和我一起乘火车回德拉瓦州,他就是副总统当选人,拜登先生。
    我要感謝我的選舉搭檔,這位先生全心全意競選,為與他在史克蘭頓街頭一起長大的男男女女代言,并和我一起乘火車回德拉瓦州,他就是副總統當選人,拜登先生。
    wǒ yào gǎn xiè wǒ de xuǎn jǔ dā dàng , zhè wèi xiān sheng quán xīn quán yì jìng xuǎn , wèi yǔ tā zài shǐ kè lán dùn jiē tóu yī qǐ zhǎng dà de nán nán nǚ nǚ dài yán , bìng hé wǒ yī qǐ chéng huǒ chē huí dé lā wǎ zhōu , tā jiù shì fù zǒng tǒng dāng xuǎn rén , bài dēng xiān sheng 。
    • I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton, and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
  3. Mandarin
    你只需要回答头一个问题。
    你只需要回答頭一個問題。
    nǐ zhǐ xū yào huí dá tóu yī gè wèn tí 。
    • You have only to answer the first question.
  4. Mandarin
    一月是一年之中的头一个月。
    一月是一年之中的頭一個月。
    yī yuè shì yī nián zhī zhōng de tóu yī gè yuè 。
    • January is the first month of the year.
  5. Mandarin
    这个还头一回听说。
    這個還頭一回聽説。
    zhè ge hái tóu yī huí tīng shuō 。
    • This is the first time I've heard about it.
    • This is the first time that I've heard about it.
    • This is the first time I have heard about it.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    上头一声令下,先前再企硬都要收回成命。
    上頭一聲令下,先前再企硬都要收回成命。
    soeng6 tau4 jat1 seng1 ling6 haa6, sin1 cin4 zoi3 kei5 ngaang6 dou1 jiu3 sau1 wui4 sing4 ming6.
    • Once the superior make the order, they have to revoke their decisions no matter how firm they stood.
  2. Cantonese
    有啲旅行团夹埋啲舖头一齐㓥客。
    有啲旅行團夾埋啲舖頭一齊劏客。
    jau5 di1 leoi5 hang4 tyun4 gaap3 mai4 di1 pou3 tau2 jat1 cai4 tong1 haak3.
    • Some travelling agencies cooperate with some stores to extort the customers.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    头一遍
    頭一遍
    tóu yī biàn
    • the first time
  2. Mandarin
    这也不能怪他,头一回干嘛。
    這也不能怪他,頭一回幹嘛。
    zhè yě bù néng guài tā , tóu yī huí gàn ma .
    • You can't put the blame on him as it is his first time doing it.
  3. Cantonese
    头一次
    頭一次
    tau4 jat1 ci3
    • first time