第
第
dì
(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc); order; (old) rank in the imperial examinations; mansion
HSK 1literary
Character Breakdown
Radical: 竹 (no. 118)
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- (literary) (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
- order
- (old) rank in the imperial examinations
- mansion
- (literary) but
- just
Example Sentences
这是第三次见面。
Zhè shì dì sān cì jiànmiàn
This is the third time we meet
Words Containing 第
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 上第 | shàng dì | top notch | |
| 不第 | bù dì | to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China) | |
| 及第 | jí dì | to pass an imperial examination | |
| 品第 | pǐn dì | grade (i.e. quality) | |
| 刘光第 | Liú Guāng dì | Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
| 勃艮第 | bó gěn dì | Burgundy (Bourgogne), kingdom during medieval period, now region of France | |
| 印第安 | Yìn dì ān | (American) Indian | |
| 世界第一 | shì jiè dì yī | ranked number one in the world | |
| 加里波第 | Jiā lǐ bō dì | Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician | |
| 印第安人 | Yìn dì ān rén | American Indians |
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Related Words
些(xiē)— some
→口子(kǒu zi)— hole
→十二支(shí èr zhī)— the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
→十天干(shí tiān gān)— the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
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HSK & Exam Info
HSK 2.0: Level 6HSK 3.0: Level 1
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