天字第一號

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	first; 1st; number one first; 1st; number one; #1; first	number; call; name number; call; name; roar; cry
trad. (天字第一號)		天	字	第一	號
simp. (天字第一号)		天	字	第一	号

Etymology

天 (tiān) is the first character in the Thousand Character Classic (千字文 (Qiānzìwén)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiān zì dì-yī hào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zi⁶ dai⁶ jat¹ hou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiān zì dì-yī hào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tian zìh dìyi hào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ tzŭ⁴ ti⁴-i¹ hao⁴
    • Yale: tyān dz̀ dì-yī hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian tzyh dihi haw
    • Palladius: тянь цзы дии хао (tjanʹ czy dii xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ i⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zi⁶ dai⁶ jat¹ hou⁶
    • Yale: tīn jih daih yāt houh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzi⁶ dai⁶ jat⁷ hou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ji⁶ dei⁶ yed¹ hou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː²² tɐi̯²² jɐt̚⁵ hou̯²²/

Idiom

天字第一號

1. the first; the foremost

   • 我真是天字第一號的大笨蛋！ [MSC, trad.]
     我真是天字第一号的大笨蛋！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2001, Chiung Yao, 情深深雨濛濛, episode 20 (Mainland version)

     Wǒ zhēn shi tiān zì dì‐yī hào de dà bèndàn! [Pinyin]

     I really am the biggest idiot on Earth!