第 dì

sequence, number; grade, degree

HSK 2 #114

DEFINITIONS

  • sequence, number
  • grade, degree
  • (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
  • order
  • (old) rank in the imperial examinations
  • mansion
  • (literary) but
  • just

STROKES

第 stroke order diagram
第 stroke order animation

WORDS

第一 dì yī
HSK 2
first; number one; primary
第二 dì èr second; number two; next; secondary
第五 dì wǔ fifth
印第安 yìn dì ān (American) Indian; native American; indigenous peoples of the Americas
第一夫人 dì yī fū rén First Lady (wife of US president)
印第安纳 yìn dì ān nà Indiana, US state
第三世界 dì sān shì jiè Third World
第三者 dì sān zhě sb 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
第一手 dì yī shǒu first-hand
第一流 dì yī liú first-class
印第安纳州 yìn dì ān nà zhōu Indiana, US state
天下第一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven; number one in the country
安第斯 ān dì sī the Andes mountain chain
印第安纳波利斯 yìn dì ān nà bō lì sī Indianapolis, Indiana
法拉第 fǎ lā dì Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
第纳尔 dì nà ěr dinar (currency) (loanword)
诺曼第 nuò màn dì Normandy, France
安第斯山脉 ān dì sī shān mài Andes mountain chain of South America
宅第 zhái dì residence; mansion
府第 fǔ dì mansion house; official residence
第三十 dì sān shí thirtieth
上海第二医科大学 shàng hǎi dì èr yī kē dà xué Shanghai Second Medical University
上海第二醫科大學 shàng hǎi dì èr yī kē dà xué Shanghai Second Medical University
上第 shàng dì top notch; highest quality
不第 bù dì to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)
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