第 (dì) means (number prefix). Below are 24 of the 57 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 第 一个到教室。
Wǒ dìyī gè dào jiàoshì.
I was the first to get to the classroom.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 第一
他总是 第 一个到。
Tā zǒngshì dìyī gè dào.
He is always the first to arrive.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 总是
我 第 一次看京剧。
Wǒ dì yī cì kàn jīngjù.
It is my first time watching Beijing opera.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 京剧
会上他 第 一个发言。
Huì shàng tā dì yī ge fāyán.
He spoke first at the meeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 发言
他是 第 三组的组长。
Tā shì dì sān zǔ de zǔzhǎng.
He is the leader of group three.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 组
这是我 第 一次来中国。
Zhè shì wǒ dìyī cì lái Zhōngguó.
This is my first time coming to China.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 第一
我 第 一次接触这门课。
Wǒ dì yī cì jiēchù zhè mén kè.
This is my first exposure to this subject.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 接触
第 一次做，出错难免。
Dì yī cì zuò, chū cuò nánmiǎn.
Doing it for the first time, mistakes are hard to avoid.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 难免
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From the graded readers
第 二天他连谢谢都没说。
dì'èr tiān tā lián xièxie dōu méi shuō.
The next day he didn't even say thank you.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
第 一天，我连坐上去都做不到。
dìyī tiān, wǒ lián zuò shàngqù dōu zuò bùdào.
On the first day I couldn't even get on it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
第 二天早上四点，我们就起床了。
dì'èr tiān zǎoshang sì diǎn, wǒmen jiù qǐchuáng le / liǎo / liào.
On the second morning we got up at four.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
最难的不是 第 一天，而是 第 十天。
zuì nán de / dì búshì dìyī tiān, érshì dìshí tiān.
The hardest day wasn't the first — it was the tenth.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
第 一天，我跑了八分钟就跑不动了。
dìyī tiān, wǒ pǎo le / liǎo / liào bā fēnzhōng jiù pǎo budòng le / liǎo / liào.
On the first day I lasted eight minutes before I couldn't go on.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
第 一天，我们住在山下的一个小旅馆。
dìyī tiān, wǒmen zhù zài shān xià de / dì yīgè xiǎo lǚguǎn.
On the first day we stayed in a small hotel at the foot of the mountain.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
我睡得很晚， 第 二天上班总是没精神。
wǒ shuì dehěn wǎn, dì'èr tiānshàng bān zǒngshì méi jīngshén.
I was going to sleep late, and always felt flat at work the next day.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
上个月，我跑完了人生 第 一个马拉松。
shànggèyuè, wǒ pǎowán le / liǎo / liào rénshēng dìyī gè mǎlāsōng.
Last month I finished the first marathon of my life.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
第 二天我报名参加了一个周末的画画班。
dì'èr tiān wǒ bàomíng cānjiā le / liǎo / liào yīgè zhōumò de / dì huà huà bān.
The next day I signed up for a weekend painting class.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
因为我 第 一次觉得，我做的事情是有意义的。
yīnwèi wǒ dìyīcì juéde, wǒ zuò de / dì shìqing shì yǒu yìyì de / dì.
Because for the first time, what I was doing felt like it meant something.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
From the travel phrasebook
请安排 第 三方验货。
Qǐng ānpái dì-sān-fāng yànhuò.
Please arrange a third-party inspection.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
From the grammar library
这是 第 二课。
Zhè shì dì-èr kè.
This is Lesson Two.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
第 appears in 57 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 第
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 第
How is 第 used in a sentence?
This page shows 57 sentences using 第 (dì, "(number prefix)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 第 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 第 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 第?
The dictionary page for 第 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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