第 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

第 English definition

(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

  • : rainbow;
  • : (Cant.) plural for pronouns;
  • : 㨨
  • : wife of a younger brother;
  • : emperor;
  • : younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter);
  • : lone-standing tree;
  • : squeeze out of; extract;
  • : Kerria japonica;
  • : to drop, as liquids; a drop;
  • : pearly;
  • : white jade worn on belt;
  • : a jar without ears;
  • : to look down upon (classical); to see; to look at (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 看[kan4];
  • : tellurium (chemistry);
  • : imperial ancestral sacrifice;
  • : closely joined; connection; knot;
  • : stem (of fruit);
  • : rainbow;
  • : to examine; truth (Buddhism);
  • : to kick; to tread on;
  • : to hand over; to pass on sth; to gradually increase or decrease; progressively;
  • : Japanese variant of 遞|递;
  • : to go away; to migrate;
  • : 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