第一把交椅

Chinese

		first; 1st; number one first; 1st; number one; #1; first	handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	old-style wooden folding chair with crossed legs; chair
trad. (第一把交椅)		第一	把	交椅
simp. #(第一把交椅)		第一	把	交椅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dì-yī bǎ jiāoyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ jat¹ baa² gaau¹ ji²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dì-yī bǎ jiāoyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìyi bǎ jiaoyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-i¹ pa³ chiao¹-i³
    • Yale: dì-yī bǎ jyāu-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihi baa jiauyii
    • Palladius: дии ба цзяои (dii ba czjaoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ i⁵⁵ pä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ jat¹ baa² gaau¹ ji²
    • Yale: daih yāt bá gāau yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ jat⁷ baa² gaau¹ ji²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ yed¹ ba² gao¹ yi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²² jɐt̚⁵ paː³⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵ jiː³⁵/

Idiom

第一把交椅

1. top banana; top of the heap

Usage notes

Said in praise of someone's position or ability.