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Meaning of 第

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Pinyin:
English Definition: (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc); order; (old) rank in the imperial examinations; mansion; (literary) but; just
Chinese Definition:
①次序:第一。次第。等第。
②科举考试及格的等次:科第。及第。落第。
③封建社会官僚贵族的大宅子:宅第。府第。门第。进士第。
④但:运动有益于健康,第不宜过于剧烈。
⑤姓氏。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Ideographic: Bamboo strips arrayed in sequence; provides the pronunciation
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Example Words
第一 first; number one; primary
第三产业 sān chǎn tertiary sector of industry
第三者 sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship; the other woman; the other man; third person; third party (in dispute); disinterested party; number three in a list
第三世界 sān shì jiè Third World
第一手 shǒu first-hand
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Example Sentences
1
Then I wish you were my first listener.
2
Of course, I'm not the first to do this.
3
He was the first to be there.
4
Mary was the first person to think of the idea.
5
III
VI
It occupies the theme of the middle three books books III through VI.