第十八

dìshíbā

number #20,754

Meanings

1 eighteenth
2 the 18th

Characters

ordinal prefix (the Nth)

Examples

HSK 2

他住在第十八层。

Tā zhù zài dìshíbā céng.

He lives on the eighteenth floor.

HSK 5

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).

Stroke Order

第 dì

十 shí

八 bā