第一时间

第一時間
dìyīshíjiān
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 immediately
  2. 2 at the first moment
  3. 3 as soon as possible / right away

Examples

Shìgù fāshēng hòu, jǐngfāng dìyī shíjiān gǎndào xiànchǎng.
After the accident, police rushed to the scene immediately.
Yǒu rènhé xiāoxi wǒ huì dìyī shíjiān tōngzhī nǐ.
I'll let you know the moment I have any news.

Tips

register
Slightly more vivid and 'newsy' than 立即 lìjí or 马上 mǎshàng. 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 dìyī cì). Always means 'at the very first moment something happens'.

Stroke Order

shí
jiān