第十八

dìshíbā

number #20,754

Meanings

1 eighteenth
2 the 18th

Characters

ordinal prefix (the Nth)

Examples

他住在第十八层。

Tā zhù zài dìshíbā céng.

He lives on the eighteenth floor.

这是第十八届奥林匹克运动会。

Zhè shì dìshíbā jiè Àolínpǐkè yùndònghuì.

This is the eighteenth Olympic Games.

Tips

grammar

In Chinese, ordinal numbers are formed by placing 第 before a cardinal number: 第一 (first), 第二 (second), 第十八 (eighteenth). Note that 十八 (18) is also associated with the age of adulthood in many contexts.

Stroke Order

第 dì

十 shí

八 bā