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What 第 means

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just

Ideographic: Bamboo strips ⺮ arrayed in sequence; 弟 provides the pronunciation

Made of 弟

Words with 第

• 第一次dì yī cìthe first time; for the first time
• 第一dì yīfirst; most important; primary; foremost
• 第二dì èrsecond; number two; next; secondary
• 第二次dì èr cìthe second time; second; number two
• 第二天dì èr tiānnext day; the morrow
• 第五dì wǔfifth
• 第一步dì yī bùstep one; first step
• 第四季dì sì jìfourth quarter
• 第一眼dì yī yǎnat first glance; at first sight
• 第六感dì liù gǎnsixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
• 第三者dì sān zhěsb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship; the other woman; the other man; third person; third party (in dispute); disinterested party; number three in a list
• 第一轮dì yī lúnfirst round (of match, or election)

第 in a sentence

• 自我怀疑是聪明的第一标志。

  zì wǒ huái yí shì cōng ming de dì yī biāo zhì 。

  To have doubts about oneself is the first sign of intelligence.

• 男孩第一次骑了马。

  nán hái dì yī cì qí le mǎ 。

  The boy rode a horse for the first time.

• 你的第二颗钮扣快掉了。

  nǐ de dì èr kē niǔ kòu kuài diào le 。

  Your second button is coming off.

• 我们第三节是法语课。

  wǒ men dì sān jié shì fǎ yǔ kè 。

  We have French third period.

• 打开你的书到第九页。

  dǎ kāi nǐ de shū dào dì jiǔ yè 。

  Open your book to page nine.

Characters that sound like 第

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