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第

dì

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dì · dai6 (Jyutping)

  1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")
  2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
  3. (old) residence of a high official
  4. (literary) but; however
  5. (literary) only; just

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

第

Meaning
sequence, number; grade, degree
Radical
⺮
Strokes
11
Components
⿱⺮弟
Cangjie
HNLH
Four-corner
8822.7

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