一等一

Chinese

		first-class; first-rate; top first-class; first-rate; top; the best	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
trad. (一等一)		一等	一
simp. #(一等一)		一等	一
Literally: “first in the first tier”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīděngyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄉㄥˇ ㄧ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ih⁶ deng³ ih⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīděngyī [Phonetic: yìděngyī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄥˇ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiděngyi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-têng³-i¹
    • Yale: yī-děng-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ideengi
    • Palladius: идэнъи (idɛnʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ih⁶ deng³ ih⁶ [Phonetic: ih⁶ deng² ih⁶]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ih-dêng-ih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iʔ²¹ tɛŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ iʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ih⁶ deng³ ih⁶ [Phonetic: ih⁶ deng² ih⁶]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iʔ² tɛŋ³³²⁻²⁴ iʔ²/

Adjective

一等一

1. (regional) first-rate; top-notch; best; outstanding; second to none

Synonyms

• (first-rate):

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• 一個的 / 一个的 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 一單好 / 一单好 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 一流
• 一粒一 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 一見棒 / 一见棒 (⁷iq-ci-baon) (Wu)
• 上佳 (shàngjiā)
• 上好 (shànghǎo)
• 最佳 (zuìjiā)
• 最好 (zuìhǎo)
• 第好 (Min Nan)
• 頂呱呱 / 顶呱呱 (dǐngguāguā) (colloquial)
• 頭等 / 头等 (tóuděng)
• 首要 (shǒuyào) (attributive)

References

• “一等一”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “一等一”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 304.