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第二

dì'èr
numeral #527

Meanings

  1. 1 second
  2. 2 number two (ordinal)

Examples

HSK 1
他是第二个到的。
Tā shì dì'èr gè dào de.
He was the second one to arrive.
HSK 4
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.
HSK 5
请翻到第二页。
Qǐng fān dào dì'èr yè.
Please turn to the second page.

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 means 'the next day / the following day' and is extremely common in storytelling.

Stroke Order

第 dì
二 èr