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đệ nhất

Pronunciation
IPA
Northern /ɗḛʔ˨˩ ɲət˧˥/ Central /ɗḛ˨˨ ɲə̰k˩˧/ Southern /ɗe˨˩˨ ɲək˧˥/
first or supreme
Adjective
first or supreme

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
first or supreme

First or supreme describes the position of being the most important, top-ranked, or achieving the highest quality among a specific group or within a field.

vi Anh ấy là tay vợt đệ nhất trong câu lạc bộ của chúng tôi.

en He is the top-ranked tennis player in our club.

Parts
đệ / nhất / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 第一 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 第一

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
第一
Candidates by syllable
đệ 第 nhất 一
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.
Similar
đệ nhị / đệ ngũ / đệ tứ / đệ nhất phu nhân …
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Use
thiên hạ đệ nhất / đệ nhất thế chiến / mẫu đệ nhất / huynh đệ …
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