第一时间

第一時間

dìyīshíjiān

phrase

Meanings

HSK 4

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.

HSK 5

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.

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