第
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(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "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
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #735 U+7B2C
How 第 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Bamboo strips ⺮ arrayed in sequence; 弟 provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
No. · Heisig RSH #1023
竹 bamboo + dollar sign
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 第
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天下第一 | tiān xià dì yī | first under heaven; number one in the country |
| 第一基本形式 | dì yī jī běn xíng shì | (math.) first fundamental form |
| 印第安纳波利斯 | Yìn dì ān nà bō lì sī | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 第一夫人 | dì yī fū rén | First Lady (wife of the head of state) |
| 第一作者 | dì yī zuò zhě | first author (of an academic paper) |
| 第比利斯 | Dì bì lì sī | T'bilisi, capital of Georgia 格魯吉亞|格鲁吉亚[Ge2 lu3 ji2 ya4] |
| 北京第二外国语学院 | Běi jīng Dì èr Wài guó yǔ Xué yuàn | Beijing International Studies University (BISU) |
| 第一手 | dì yī shǒu | first-hand |
| 第一时间 | dì yī shí jiān | in the first moments (of sth happening); immediately (after an event); first thing |
| 第三地 | dì sān dì | territory belonging to a third party (as a neutral location for peace negotiations or as a… |
| 法拉第 | Fǎ lā dì | Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in t… |
| 第一眼 | dì yī yǎn | at first glance; at first sight |
| 第一次世界大战 | Dì yī cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn | World War One |
| 科学技术是第一生产力 | kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lì | science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiao… |
| 第一线 | dì yī xiàn | front line; forefront |
| 第一流 | dì yī liú | first-class |
| 加里波第 | Jiā lǐ bō dì | Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician |
| 爱德华·达拉第 | Ài dé huá · Dá lā dì | Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician |
| 印第安人 | Yìn dì ān rén | American Indians |
| 第一产业 | dì yī chǎn yè | primary sector of industry |