第二十

dìèrshí

number #29,231

Meanings

1 the twentieth
2 twentieth
3 20th

Characters

ordinal prefix (making numbers ordinal)

Examples

他是第二十名到达终点的选手。

Tā shì dì'èrshí míng dàodá zhōngdiǎn de xuǎnshǒu.

He was the twentieth athlete to reach the finish line.

今天是他们结婚第二十周年。

Jīntiān shì tāmen jiéhūn dì'èrshí zhōunián.

Today is their twentieth wedding anniversary.

Tips

grammar

第 is an ordinal prefix in Chinese, turning any number into an ordinal: 第一 (first), 第二 (second), 第二十 (twentieth). Unlike English, there are no irregular ordinals in Chinese — just add 第 to any number.

Stroke Order

第 dì

二 èr

十 shí