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): ㄧㄉㄥˇ ㄧ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ih⁶ deng³ ih⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīděngyī [Phonetic: yìděngyī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄉㄥˇ 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

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

Synonyms

(first-rate):

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.