第十九

dìshíjiǔ
number #31,211

Meanings

  1. 1 nineteenth (19th)

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè shì dìshíjiǔ jiè Àoyùnhuì.
This is the 19th Olympic Games.
HSK 6
Tā zài bǐsài zhōng déle dìshíjiǔ míng.
He came nineteenth in the competition.

Tips

grammar
Chinese makes ordinal numbers by prefixing to the cardinal: 十九 (19) becomes 第十九 (19th). The ordinal then takes a measure word like ('place/rank'), ('session/edition'), ('lesson'), ('chapter').
culture
In post-1949 Chinese politics, 第十九 implicitly refers to the 第十九次全国代表大会, the 19th National Congress of the CCP, held in 2017. So in news and political contexts, 第十九 is often a shorthand reference to that era.

Stroke Order

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