第 (dai6 | di4) : sequence; number; grade; degree

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第

dai6

di4

[1] sequence; number [2] grade; degree [3] [v] place (e.g. on the imperial examination)

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 竹 (#118)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

第

This word has been viewed 16865 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Oct 2009 05:32

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第二 dai6 ji6 di4 er4 = [1] 2nd [2] other; another

第一 dai6 jat1 di4 yi1 = first

第三 dai6 saam1 di4 san1 = third

第十 dai6 sap6 di4 shi2 = tenth

第十一 dai6 sap6 jat1 di4 shi2 yi1 = eleventh

第日 dai6 jat6 = another day 粵

第個 dai6 go3 = another 粵

第一次 dai6 jat1 ci3 di4 yi1 ci4 = [1] first, first time; [2] number one

第一步 dai6 jat1 bou6 di4 yi1 bu4 = first step

第七十 dai6 cat1 sap6 di4 qi1 shi2 = seventieth
See all 77 compounds (CantoDict reports 112 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你點解唔打電話畀佢，叫佢改第二日呢？粵
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?

八月是一年中的第八個月份國
August is the eighth month of the year.

你唔要嘅話，可以送畀第二個粵
If you don't want it, you can just give it to somebody else.
[Lit. you don't want [conditional delimiter], can give-present give other person]

打直第一行
first column
[note the split characters for 直行]

打橫第二行
second row
[note the split characters for 橫行]

今日雖然只係第二日... 粵
Today, although is just the second day ...
[Usually this sentence is followed by saying how unexpected the situation has developed into, even though it is just the second day of the event/situation. ]

你想學做生意呢，第一樣嘢就係要學奸粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty.
[Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 第
Unicode code for this character: U+7b2c (off-site link)

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