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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 第一炮

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
第一炮 dì yī pào - (fig.) opening shot

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 50,949 44,641

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth")
- (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
- (old) residence of a high official
- (literary) but; however
- (literary) only; just
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
bāo- to sauté
- to fry
- to dry by heating
páo- to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
pào- cannon
- CL:座[zuo4]
- firecracker
pào- variant of 炮[pao4]

Other Words Containing 第一炮

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo