第
HSK 1freq #962
Meanings
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- 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.(old) residence of a high official
- 4.(literary) but; however
- 5.(literary) only; just
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Wiktionary
- 1.sequence; number
- 2.grade; degree
- 3.mansion; residence (of a high official)
- 4.rank in imperial examinations
- 5.only; just
- 6.but; however
- 7.Ordinal number marker, used before a number to make the number ordinal.
- 8.a surname
- 9.different; another; other
- 10.most
- 11.this
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *diːls): semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls). 竹 here refers to the bamboo strips used for writing (e.g. accounting, classification) in ancient times. See also 等. Alternatively, may have originally been written 弟. Karlgren (1956: 14) connects this word with → tī 梯 ‘ladder’.
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Components
第⺮𢎨
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Example sentences
讓我們從第30頁開始。
Let's begin on page 30.
伯拉罕·林肯，美国第16任总统，生于肯塔基州的一个简陋的小屋里。
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Kentucky.
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