首屈一指
Chinese
head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems |
bent; feel wronged | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (首屈一指) | 首 | 屈 | 一 | 指 | |
| simp. #(首屈一指) | 首 | 屈 | 一 | 指 | |
| Literally: “the first bent finger”. | |||||
Etymology
In Chinese culture, one common method of counting is to begin with an open hand, then begin folding the fingers into the palm starting with the thumb.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuqūyīzhǐ [Phonetic: shǒuqūyìzhǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄩ ㄧ ㄓˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shǒucyuyijhǐh
- Wade–Giles: shou3-chʻü1-i1-chih3
- Yale: shǒu-chyū-yī-jř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouchiuijyy
- Palladius: шоуцюйичжи (šoucjujičži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sau2 wat1 jat1 zi2
- Yale: sáu wāt yāt jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: sau2 wat7 jat7 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: seo2 wed1 yed1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
首屈一指
- first
- 開通網路共享救助訊息，這一做法不僅在成都尚屬首次，在全國也是首屈一指。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2006: anon., www.chinainfo.gov.cn
- Kāitōng wǎnglù gòngxiǎng jiùzhù xùnxī, zhè yī zuòfǎ bùjǐn zài Chéngdū shàng shǔ shǒucì, zài quánguó yě shì shǒuqūyīzhǐ. [Pinyin]
- Not only is this a first for Chengdu in terms of sharing help information over the net, it is the first in the country.
开通网路共享救助讯息，这一做法不仅在成都尚属首次，在全国也是首屈一指。 [MSC, simp.]
- number one; come first on the list; be matchless; be second to none; come out first; thumbs up