第

dì

Definitions

1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[dì liù] \sixth\)
2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
3. (literary) but; however
4. (literary) only; just

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 第

• 第一 dì yī: first
• 第一手 dì yī shǒu: first-hand
• 第一线 dì yī xiàn: front line
• 上海第二医科大学 shàng hǎi dì èr yī kē dà xué: Shanghai Second Medical University
• 上第 shàng dì: top notch
• 不第 bù dì: to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)
• 世界第一 shì jiè dì yī: ranked number one in the world
• 伯拉第斯拉瓦 bó lā dì sī lā wǎ: Bratislava, capital of Slovakia
• 全世界第一 quán shì jiè dì yī: world's first
• 刘光第 liú guāng dì: Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[wù xū liù jūn zi] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
• 加里波第 jiā lǐ bō dì: Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician
• 勃艮第 bó gěn dì: Burgundy (Bourgogne), kingdom during medieval period, now region of France
• 北京第二外国语学院 běi jīng dì èr wài guó yǔ xué yuàn: Beijing International Studies University (BISU)
• 印第安 yìn dì ān: (American) Indian
• 印第安人 yìn dì ān rén: American Indians
• 印第安座 yìn dì ān zuò: Indus (constellation)
• 印第安纳 yìn dì ān nà: Indiana, US state
• 印第安纳州 yìn dì ān nà zhōu: Indiana, US state
• 印第安纳波利斯 yìn dì ān nà bō lì sī: Indianapolis, Indiana
• 及第 jí dì: to pass an imperial examination
• 品第 pǐn dì: grade (i.e. quality)
• 国语注音符号第一式 guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shì: Bopomofo
• 天下第一 tiān xià dì yī: first under heaven
• 宅第 zhái dì: residence
• 安第斯 ān dì sī: the Andes mountain chain
• 安第斯山 ān dì sī shān: the Andes mountain range
• 安第斯山脉 ān dì sī shān mài: Andes mountain chain of South America
• 居第 jū dì: housing
• 府第 fǔ dì: mansion house
• 意第绪语 yì dì xù yǔ: Yiddish language
• 爱德华·达拉第 ài dé huá · dá lā dì: Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician
• 擢第 zhuó dì: to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)
• 故第 gù dì: former residence
• 书香门第 shū xiāng mén dì: family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
• 次第 cì dì: order
• 法拉第 fǎ lā dì: Faraday (name)
• 甲第 jiǎ dì: residence of a noble
• 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 Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà])
• 第一例 dì yī lì: first case
• 第一国际 dì yī guó jì: First international, organized by Karl Marx in Geneva in 1866
• 第一型糖尿病 dì yī xíng táng niào bìng: Type 1 diabetes
• 第一基本形式 dì yī jī běn xíng shì: (math.) first fundamental form
• 第一夫人 dì yī fū rén: First Lady (wife of US president)
• 第一季度 dì yī jì dù: first quarter (of financial year)
• 第一把手 dì yī bǎ shǒu: the person in charge
• 第一时间 dì yī shí jiān: in the first moments (of sth happening)
• 第一桶金 dì yī tǒng jīn: the initial profits from an economic endeavour
• 第一次 dì yī cì: the first time
• 第一次世界大战 dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn: World War One
• 第一步 dì yī bù: step one
• 第一流 dì yī liú: first-class
• 第一炮 dì yī pào: (fig.) opening shot
• 第一产业 dì yī chǎn yè: primary sector of industry
• 第一眼 dì yī yǎn: at first glance
• 第一级 dì yī jí: first level
• 第一声 dì yī shēng: first tone in Mandarin
• 第一象限 dì yī xiàng xiàn: first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)
• 第一轮 dì yī lún: first round (of match, or election)
• 第三世界 dì sān shì jiè: Third World
• 第三人称 dì sān rén chēng: third person (grammar)
• 第三位 dì sān wèi: third place
• 第三十 dì sān shí: thirtieth
• 第三国际 dì sān guó jì: see 共產國際|共产国际[gòng chǎn guó jì]
• 第三地 dì sān dì: territory belonging to a third party (as a neutral location for peace negotiations or as a transit point for indirect travel or trade etc)
• 第三季度 dì sān jì dù: third quarter (of financial year)
• 第三帝国 dì sān dì guó: Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945)
• 第三方 dì sān fāng: third party
• 第三状态 dì sān zhuàng tài: suboptimal health status
• 第三产业 dì sān chǎn yè: tertiary sector of industry
• 第三眼睑 dì sān yǎn jiǎn: nictitating membrane (zoology)
• 第三纪 dì sān jì: third period
• 第三者 dì sān zhě: sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship
• 第三声 dì sān shēng: third tone in Mandarin
• 第二 dì èr: second
• 第二位 dì èr wèi: second place
• 第二个人 dì èr ge rén: the second person
• 第二型糖尿病 dì èr xíng táng niào bìng: Type 2 diabetes
• 第二天 dì èr tiān: next day
• 第二季度 dì èr jì dù: second quarter (of financial year)
• 第二性 dì èr xìng: The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
• 第二春 dì èr chūn: (lit.) second spring
• 第二次 dì èr cì: the second time
• 第二次世界大战 dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn: World War II
• 第二次汉字简化方案 dì èr cì hàn zì jiǎn huà fāng àn: Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
• 第二产业 dì èr chǎn yè: secondary industry
• 第二声 dì èr shēng: second tone in Mandarin
• 第二职业 dì èr zhí yè: second job
• 第二轮 dì èr lún: second round (of match, or election)
• 第五 dì wǔ: fifth
• 第五个现代化 dì wǔ gè xiàn dài huà: fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà]
• 第五纵队 dì wǔ zòng duì: fifth column (subversive group)
• 第五类 dì wǔ lèi: category 5
• 第六感 dì liù gǎn: sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
• 第六感觉 dì liù gǎn jué: sixth sense
• 第勒尼安海 dì lè ní ān hǎi: Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland
• 第四季 dì sì jì: fourth quarter
• 第四季度 dì sì jì dù: fourth quarter (of financial year)
• 第四纪 dì sì jì: fourth period
• 第四声 dì sì shēng: fourth tone in Mandarin
• 第四台 dì sì tái: fourth channel
• 第戎 dì róng: Dijon (France)
• 第比利斯 dì bì lì sī: T'bilisi, capital of Georgia 格魯吉亞|格鲁吉亚[gé lǔ jí yà]
• 第纳尔 dì nà ěr: dinar (currency) (loanword)
• 等第 děng dì: level
• 落第 luò dì: to fail an exam
• 覃第 tán dì: extensive residence
• 诺曼第 nuò màn dì: Normandy, France
• 贾第虫 jiǎ dì chóng: Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut
• 贾第虫属 jiǎ dì chóng shǔ: Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut
• 贾第虫病 jiǎ dì chóng bìng: Giardiasis, a form of gastro-enteritis caused by infection of gut by Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite
• 门第 mén dì: family status
• 阖第光临 hé dì guāng lín: the whole family is invited (idiom)
• 韦瓦第 wéi wǎ dì: Vivaldi (name)