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đầu tiên

Pronunciation Northern /ɗə̤w˨˩ tiən˧˧/ Central /ɗəw˧˧ tiəŋ˧˥/ Southern /ɗəw˨˩ tiəŋ˧˧/
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first; foremost Discourse & LogicTheme

Being at the very beginning of a sequence or considered the most important compared to all other options.

vi Quyển sách đầu tiên nằm trên bàn.

en The first book is on the table.

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đầu / tiên / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 頭先 …
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Components

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đầu tiên

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 頭先

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
頭先
Candidates by syllable
đầu 頭 tiên 仙
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đầu / thứ nhất / cuối cùng / sau cùng …
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Ends with this word

Hoa Tiên/tắm tiên/kim tiên/vân tiên/cõi tiên/giấc tiên/trích tiên

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first vi: đầu tiên / ja: 第一 / WordNet aligned
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bắt đầu / đầu tư / đầu bếp / đầu cơ …
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đầu (head) — words using
tiên (first) — words using
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