第三

dìsān

number #1,038

Meanings

1 third
2 number three
3 3rd

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

他是第三个到的。

Tā shì dìsān gè dào de.

He was the third to arrive.

HSK 1

这是我第三次来中国。

Zhè shì wǒ dìsān cì lái Zhōngguó.

This is my third time coming to China.

Tips

grammar

第 + number creates ordinal numbers: 第一 (first), 第二 (second), 第三 (third), etc. Without 第, numbers are cardinal (one, two, three).

Stroke Order

第 dì

三 sān