CHINESE WORD 031 · HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1

第 dì

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MEANING · PINYIN · OFFICIAL WORD CLASS

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SIMPLIFIED第

Official syllabus record 第 · entry 31.

TRADITIONAL第

The traditional form is the same.

PINYIN + PART OF SPEECHdì

前缀 · prefix

1 LEARNING SENSE

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第Usage 1 of 1
pref. (prefix for ordinal numbers)pref. (prefix for ordinal numbers)

他是第一名。

He came in first place.

CHARACTERS · VERIFIED LOCAL STROKES

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第11 strokesCHARACTER 1 OF 1Inspect and write 第

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