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  dai6   jyutping
  di4   pinyin
[1] sequence; number [2] grade; degree [3] [v] place (e.g. on the imperial examination)

Stroke count: 11
Level: 2
Radical: (#118)

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

This word has been viewed 14398 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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detail  dai6 ji6  di4 er4 = [1] 2nd [2] other; another
detail  dai6 jat1  di4 yi1 = first
detail  dai6 saam1  di4 san1 = third
detail  dai6 sap6  di4 shi2 = tenth
detail  dai6 sap6 jat1  di4 shi2 yi1 = eleventh
detail  dai6 jat6   = another day
detail  dai6 go3   = another
detail  dai6 jat1 ci3  di4 yi1 ci4 = [1] first, first time; [2] number one
detail  dai6 jat1 bou6  di4 yi1 bu4 = first step
detail  dai6 cat1 sap6  di4 qi1 shi2 = seventieth
See all 77 compounds (CantoDict reports 112 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 第
detail audio 點解打電話畀佢第二日
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?
detail 八月一年中第八月份
August is the eighth month of the year.
detail 唔要嘅話可以第二個
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]
detail audio 第一
first column
[note the split characters for 直行]
detail 打橫第二
second row
[note the split characters for 橫行]
detail 今日雖然只係第二日...
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. ]
detail 做生意第一就係
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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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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