Usage of the character 第

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (di-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

Dìróng

第戎

[第戎]

Dijon (France)

fǔdì

府第

[府第]

mansion house
official residence

luòdì

落第

[落第]

to fail an exam

dìwǔ

第五

[第五]

fifth

dìyī

第一

[第一]

first
number one
primary

pǐndì

品第

[品第]

grade (i.e. quality)
rank

jiǎdì

甲第

[甲第]

residence of a noble
top candidate in the imperial examinations

jídì

及第

[及第]

to pass an imperial examination

tándì

潭第

[潭第]

variant of 覃第 (tándì)

méndì

门第

[門第]

family status

jūdì

居第

[居第]

housing
high-class residence

shàngdì

上第

[上第]

top notch; highest quality

cìdì

次第

[次第]

order
sequence
one after another

děngdì

等第

[等第]

level
rank
grade
rating

gùdì

故第

[故第]

former residence

bùdì

不第

[不第]

to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)

tándì

覃第

[覃第]

extensive residence
your house

zhuódì

擢第

[擢第]

to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)

zháidì

宅第

[宅第]

residence
mansion

dì'èr

第二

[第二]

second
number two
next
secondary

dìyīxiàn

第一线

[第一線]

front line
forefront

dìyīshǒu

第一手

[第一手]

first-hand

dìsānshí

第三十

[第三十]

thirtieth

Fǎlādì

法拉第

[法拉第]

Faraday (name)
Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity

dìsānwèi

第三位

[第三位]

third place

dì'èrwèi

第二位

[第二位]

second place

dìsāndì

第三地

[第三地]

territory belonging to a third party (as a neutral location for peace negotiations or as a transit point for indirect travel or trade etc)

dìyījí

第一级

[第一級]

first level

dìsìjì

第四季

[第四季]

fourth quarter

dìsānjì

第三纪

[第三紀]

third period
tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)

dìliùgǎn

第六感

[第六感]

sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)

dìsānshēng

第三声

[第三聲]

third tone in Mandarin
falling-rising tone

Wéiwǎdì

韦瓦第

[韋瓦第]

Vivaldi (name)
Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741), Italian composer

dìyīshēng

第一声

[第一聲]

first tone in Mandarin
high, level tone

dì'èrlún

第二轮

[第二輪]

second round (of match, or election)

dì'èrtiān

第二天

[第二天]

next day
the morrow

dì'èrchūn

第二春

[第二春]

(lit.) second spring
(fig.) falling in love for the second time
a new lease of life
rebirth

Andìsī

安第斯

[安第斯]

the Andes mountain chain

Nuòmàndì

诺曼第

[諾曼第]

Normandy, France

dìsìtái

第四台

[第四臺]

fourth channel
(in Taiwan) cable TV, FTV

dìyīliú

第一流

[第一流]

first-class

dìyīlún

第一轮

[第一輪]

first round (of match, or election)

Bógěndì

勃艮第

[勃艮第]

Burgundy (Bourgogne), kingdom during medieval period, now region of France

dìsānzhě

第三者

[第三者]

sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship
the other woman
the other man
third person
third party (in dispute)
disinterested party
number three in a list

dìnà'ěr

第纳尔

[第納爾]

dinar (currency) (loanword)

Jiǎdìchóng

贾第虫

[賈第蟲]

Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut

dìyībù

第一步

[第一步]

step one
first step

dìyīcì

第一次

[第一次]

the first time
first
number one

dìyīyǎn

第一眼

[第一眼]

at first glance
at first sight

dìsānfāng

第三方

[第三方]

third party

dì'èrcì

第二次

[第二次]

the second time
second
number two

dìsìshēng

第四声

[第四聲]

fourth tone in Mandarin
falling tone

dìsìjì

第四纪

[第四紀]

fourth period
quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)

Dì'èrxìng

第二性

[第二性]

The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)

Yìndì'ān

印第安

[印第安]

(American) Indian
native American
indigenous peoples of the Americas

dì'èrshēng

第二声

[第二聲]

second tone in Mandarin
rising tone

Liú Guāngdì

刘光第

[劉光第]

Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 ( Wùxū Liùjūnzi) of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898

dìwǔlèi

第五类

[第五類]

category 5
CAT 5 (cable)

dìyīlì

第一例

[第一例]

first case
first instance
first time (sth is done)

dìyīpào

第一炮

[第一炮]

(fig.) opening shot

dì'èrgerén

第二个人

[第二個人]

the second person
(fig.) someone else
third party

Andìsīshān

安第斯山

[安第斯山]

the Andes mountain range

dì'èrzhíyè

第二职业

[第二職業]

second job

dìwǔzòngduì

第五纵队

[第五縱隊]

fifth column (subversive group)

Dì'èr Shìjiè

第二世界

[第二世界]

Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)

dìyīchǎnyè

第一产业

[第一產業]

primary sector of industry

Jiālǐbōdì

加里波第

[加里波第]

Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician

dìsìjìdù

第四季度

[第四季度]

fourth quarter (of financial year)

tiānxiàdìyī

天下第一

[天下第一]

first under heaven
number one in the country

shūxiāngméndì

书香门第

[書香門第]

family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family

dìyīguójì

第一国际

[第一國際]

First international, organized by Karl Marx in Geneva in 1866

Yìndì'ānnà

印第安纳

[印第安納]

Indiana, US state

shìjièdìyī

世界第一

[世界第一]

ranked number one in the world
the world's first

dìsānshìjiè

第三世界

[第三世界]

Third World

Yìdìxùyǔ

意第绪语

[意第緒語]

Yiddish language

hédìguānglín

阖第光临

[闔第光臨]

the whole family is invited (idiom)

Yìndì'ānrén

印第安人

[印第安人]

American Indians

dì'èrjìdù

第二季度

[第二季度]

second quarter (of financial year)

dìyījìdù

第一季度

[第一季度]

first quarter (of financial year)

Yìndì'ānzuò

印第安座

[印第安座]

Indus (constellation)

dìyīfūrén

第一夫人

[第一夫人]

First Lady (wife of US president)

dìsānjìdù

第三季度

[第三季度]

third quarter (of financial year)

Jiǎdìchóngbìng

贾第虫病

[賈第蟲病]

Giardiasis, a form of gastro-enteritis caused by infection of gut by Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite

dìliùgǎnjué

第六感觉

[第六感覺]

sixth sense
intuition

dìyītǒngjīn

第一桶金

[第一桶金]

the first pot of gold
the initial profits from an economic endeavour

dìsānrénchēng

第三人称

[第三人稱]

third person (grammar)

dìsānyǎnjiǎn

第三眼睑

[第三眼瞼]

nictitating membrane (zoology)

dì'èrchǎnyè

第二产业

[第二產業]

secondary industry

Dìbìlìsī

第比利斯

[第比利斯]

T'bilisi, capital of Georgia 格魯吉亞／格鲁吉亚 ( Gélǔjíyà)

Dìsān Dìguó

第三帝国

[第三帝國]

Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945)

dìsānchǎnyè

第三产业

[第三產業]

tertiary sector of industry

dìyībǎshǒu

第一把手

[第一把手]

the person in charge
the head of the leadership group

Dìsān Guójì

第三国际

[第三國際]

see 共產國際／共产国际 ( Gòngchǎn Guójì)

dìyīxiàngxiàn

第一象限

[第一象限]

first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)

dìyīshíjiān

第一时间

[第一時間]

in the first moments (of sth happening)
immediately (after an event)
first thing

dìsānzhuàngtài

第三状态

[第三狀態]

suboptimal health status

Jiǎdìchóngshǔ

贾第虫属

[賈第蟲屬]

Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut

Andìsīshānmài

安第斯山脉

[安第斯山脈]

Andes mountain chain of South America

Yìndì'ānnàzhōu

印第安纳州

[印第安納州]

Indiana, US state

Dìlèní'ān Hǎi

第勒尼安海

[第勒尼安海]

Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland

quánshìjièdìyī

全世界第一

[全世界第一]

world's first

dìyīxíngtángniàobìng

第一型糖尿病

[第一型糖尿病]

Type 1 diabetes

dì'èrxíngtángniàobìng

第二型糖尿病

[第二型糖尿病]

Type 2 diabetes

dìyījīběnxíngshì

第一基本形式

[第一基本形式]

(math.) first fundamental form

Bólādìsīlāwǎ

伯拉第斯拉瓦

[伯拉第斯拉瓦]

Bratislava, capital of Slovakia

Aìdéhuá· Dálādì

爱德华·达拉第

[愛德華·達拉第]

Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician

Yìndì'ānnàbōlìsī

印第安纳波利斯

[印第安納波利斯]

Indianapolis, Indiana

Dì'èr Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn

第二次世界大战

[第二次世界大戰]

World War II

Dìyīcì Shìjiè Dàzhàn

第一次世界大战

[第一次世界大戰]

World War One

Shànghǎi Dì'èr Yīkē Dàxué

上海第二医科大学

[上海第二醫科大學]

Shanghai Second Medical University

Guóyǔzhùyīnfúhàodìyīshì

国语注音符号第一式

[國語注音符號第一式]

Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 (official name of the phonetic system of writing Chinese used in Taiwan)
Bopomofo
abbr. to 注音一式 (zhùyīnyīshì)

Běijīng Dì'èr Wàiguóyǔ Xuéyuàn

北京第二外国语学院

[北京第二外國語學院]

Beijing International Studies University (BISU)

Dì'èrcì Hànzì Jiǎnhuà Fāng'àn

第二次汉字简化方案

[第二次漢字簡化方案]

Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
abbr. to 二簡／二简 (èrjiǎn)

kēxuéjìshùshìdìyīshēngchǎnlì

科学技术是第一生产力

[科學技術是第一生產力]

science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平／邓小平 ( Dèng Xiǎopíng) introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化／四个现代化 (sìgexiàndàihuà))