第 meaning and pronunciation

第
Simplified/traditional character

第 English definition

dì

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

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 䗖 : rainbow;
  • 哋 : (Cant.) plural for pronouns;
  • 啇 : 㨨
  • 娣 : wife of a younger brother;
  • 帝 : emperor;
  • 弟 : younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter);
  • 杕 : lone-standing tree;
  • 梊 : squeeze out of; extract;
  • 棣 : Kerria japonica;
  • 渧 : to drop, as liquids; a drop;
  • 玓 : pearly;
  • 珶 : white jade worn on belt;
  • 甋 : a jar without ears;
  • 睇 : to look down upon (classical); to see; to look at (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 看[kan4];
  • 碲 : tellurium (chemistry);
  • 禘 : imperial ancestral sacrifice;
  • 缔 : closely joined; connection; knot;
  • 蒂 : stem (of fruit);
  • 蝃 : rainbow;
  • 谛 : to examine; truth (Buddhism);
  • 踶 : to kick; to tread on;
  • 递 : to hand over; to pass on sth; to gradually increase or decrease; progressively;
  • 逓 : Japanese variant of 遞|递;
  • 遰 : to go away; to migrate;
  • 釱 : fetters; to fetter;

Sentences examples with 第

  • 右边第一个男人是我丈夫。
    Yòubiān dì yī gè nánrén shì wǒ zhàngfū.
  • 这是我第一次见到他。
    Zhè shì wǒ dì yī cì jiàn dào tā.
  • 我们从第十课开始学习。
    Wǒmen cóng dì shí kè kāishǐ xuéxí.
  • 今天我们学习第一课。
    Jīntiān wǒmen xuéxí dì yī kè.
  • 黄河是中国的第二大河。
    Huánghé shì zhōngguó de dì èr dàhé.

Words containing 第, by HSK level