第三

dìsān

number #1,038

Meanings

1 third
2 number three
3 3rd

Characters

Examples

他是第三个到的。

Tā shì dìsān gè dào de.

He was the third to arrive.

这是我第三次来中国。

Zhè shì wǒ dìsān cì lái Zhōngguó.

This is my third time coming to China.

Tips

grammar

第 + number creates ordinal numbers: 第一 (first), 第二 (second), 第三 (third), etc. Without 第, numbers are cardinal (one, two, three).

Stroke Order

第 dì

三 sān