第
第 in English
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "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
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How it used to be written
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Clerical script -
Clerical script 東漢
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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Tom总是想坐在第一排。
Tom always wants to sit in the front row.
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习惯是第二天性。
Habit is second nature.
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今天是2019年的第一天。
Today is the first day of 2019.
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从第一章开始吧。
Let's begin with the first chapter.
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他10年中第一次访问他的故乡。
He visited his hometown for the first time in ten years.
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他十年中第一次回家。
He returned home for the first time in ten years.
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他是倒数第三个到的。
He was the last but two to arrive.