đầu tiên
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɗə̤w˨˩ tiən˧˧/
Central
/ɗəw˧˧ tiəŋ˧˥/
Southern
/ɗəw˨˩ tiəŋ˧˧/
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Adjective
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
first; foremost Numbers, Quantities, Units & Time
Coming before all others in time or order; at the very beginning of a sequence.
vi Quyển sách đầu tiên nằm trên bàn.
en The first book is on the table.
Parts
đầu / tiên / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 頭先 …
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Parts
đầu / tiên / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 頭先 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 頭先
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
頭先
Candidates by syllable
đầu
頭
tiên
仙
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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thứ nhất / cuối cùng / sau cùng / Hoa Tiên …
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Similar
thứ nhất / cuối cùng / sau cùng / Hoa Tiên …
Use
bắt đầu / đầu tư / đầu bếp / đầu cơ …
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Use
bắt đầu / đầu tư / đầu bếp / đầu cơ …