第一时间

第一時間

dìyīshíjiān

phrase

Meanings

HSK 3

事故发生后，警方第一时间赶到现场。

Shìgù fāshēng hòu, jǐngfāng dìyīshíjiān gǎndào xiànchǎng.

After the accident, police rushed to the scene immediately.

HSK 3

有任何消息我会第一时间通知你。

Yǒu rènhé xiāoxi wǒ huì dìyīshíjiān tōngzhī nǐ.

I'll let you know the moment I have any news.

Slightly more vivid and 'newsy' than 立即 or 马上. Heavy favorite in journalism, government communications and customer-service language.

mistakes

Strange word-by-word - '#1 time' - but never used to mean 'first time' (that's 第一次). Always means 'at the very first moment something happens'.

第 dì

一 yī

时 shí

间 jiān