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第
Mandarin · pinyin dì
Meanings
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 dì liù "sixth")
- (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
- (old) residence of a high official
- (literary) but; however
- (literary) only; just
Characters in this entry
- 第
- dì · sequence, number; grade, degree
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Mandarin tones
4 · di4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dai6
Cantonese word readings for 第. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- sequence; number
- grade; degree
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mansion; residence (of a high official)
- (historical) rank in imperial examinations
- (literary) only; just
- (literary) but; however
- Ordinal number marker, used before a number to make the number ordinal.
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese) different; another; other
character · Etymology 3
- (Quanzhou, Philippine and Penang Hokkien) most
character · Etymology 4
- (Shanghainese, obsolete) this
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