第二

dìèr

numeral #527

Meanings

1 second
2 number two (ordinal)

Characters

ordinal prefix (turns a number into first, second, third...)

第 + number creates an ordinal: 第二 = second.

Examples

他是第二个到的。

Tā shì dì èr gè dào de.

He was the second one to arrive.

请翻到第二页。

Qǐng fān dào dì èr yè.

Please turn to the second page.

第二天我们去了长城。

Dì èr tiān wǒmen qù le Chángchéng.

On the second day we went to the Great Wall.

Tips

grammar

第 is the ordinal prefix in Chinese. Add it before any number: 第一 (first), 第二 (second), 第三 (third), etc. Unlike English, the pattern is completely regular.

usage

第二天 (dì èr tiān) means 'the next day / the following day' and is extremely common in storytelling.

Stroke Order

第 dì

二 èr