第 (dai6) — place (e.g. on the imperial examination) in Cantonese
daiˍ₆第Mandarin Pinyin: di4
Meaning of 第
nounplace (e.g. on the imperial examination)
nounsequence; number
noungrade; degree
Example Sentences with 第
八月是一年中的第八個月份
August is the eighth month of the year.
打直第一行
first column
打橫第二行
second row
neiˏ₅你dimˊ²點gaaiˊ²解mˎ₄唔daaˊ²打dinˍ₆電waaˊ²話beiˊ²畀keoi5,佢，giu˗₃叫keoiˏ₅佢goiˊ²改daiˍ₆第jiˍ₆二jatˍ₆日ne1?呢？
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日seoiˉ¹雖jinˎ₄然ziˊ²只haiˍ₆係daiˍ₆第jiˍ₆二jatˍ₆日...
Today, although is just the second day ...
Words Containing 第
第七十dai6 cat1 sap6
seventieth
第二季度dai6 ji6 gwai1 dou6
second quarter (of a year)
第二圈dai6 ji6 hyun1
second round
第二dai6 ji6
(Cantonese only) other; the other; another (Standard Chinese: , 其他, 另外)
第三產業dai6 saam1 caan2 jip6
tertiary industry; service sector
第一發球員dai6 jat1 faat3 kau4 jyun4
first server (in a ballgame)
印第安女人jan3 dai6 on1 neoi5 jan2
an American Indian woman
第十五dai6 sap6 ng5
fifteenth
全世界第一cyun4 sai3 gaai3 dai6 jat1
the world's first
第二產業dai6 ji6 caan2 jip6
secondary industry
天下第一tin1 haa6 dai6 jat1
the first / the best under heaven
第七dai6 cat1
seventh
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