Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- dì
English
- sequence, number
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")
- another; other
- used as a prefix before numerals to form ordinal numbers
- grade, degree
- (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
- (old) residence of a high official
- (literary) but; however
- (literary) only; just
粵語
- 其他；另外；所指以外
- 放喺數字之前，用嚟表明次序。例如「第一」意思係指喺指定嘅人入面，呢個係最先完成某樣嘢、排列嘅位置最前，或者做某樣嘢做得最好。
As a component in
Words containing 第
- 第一dai6 jat1
first
- 第二dai6 ji6
second
- 第日dai6 jat6
next time; in the future; later
- 第時dai6 si4
(adv.) in the future.
- 及第kap6 dai6
to pass an imperial examination
- 第度dai6 dou6
another place (spoken)
- 第尾dai6 mei1
the last (in a sequence)
- 第三dai6 saam1
the third
- 不第bat1 dai6
to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)
- 第二日dai6 ji6 jat6
the second day [written and colloquial]; another day [colloquial]
- 第次dai6 ci3
(noun) the…time (Usually there is a number in between for example "第一次" is "the first time".
- 三及第saam1 kap6 dai2
a type of pork congee; a metaphor for something half-baked and messy, burnt at the bottom, uncooked on the top; a writing style with the combination of classical Chinese, formal written Chinese and Cantonese.
- 第三者dai6 saam1 ze2
third party
- 第一手dai6 jat1 sau2
first-hand
- 第九dai6 gau2
(adjective) the ninth; to describe one's ability as poor; (of person) useless
- 第六感dai6 luk6 gam2
sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
- 第一時間dai6 jat1 si4 gaan3
in the first moments (of sth happening)
- 第世dai6 sai3
next life (spoken)
- 第樣dai6 joeng6
another item (spoken)
- 第一夫人dai6 jat1 fu1 jan4
First Lady (wife of the head of state)
- 第三世界dai6 saam1 sai3 gaai3
Third World
- 宅第zaak6 dai6
residence
- 上第soeng6 dai6
top notch; highest quality
- 第二時dai6 ji6 si4
future; later; next time