第十七

dìshíqī

number #28,076

Meanings

1 the seventeenth
2 17th

Characters

ordinal prefix; rank

Examples

HSK 1

今天是这个月的第十七天。

Jīntiān shì zhège yuè de dìshíqī tiān.

Today is the seventeenth day of this month.

HSK 3

他在比赛中排名第十七。

Tā zài bǐsài zhōng páimíng dìshíqī.

He ranked seventeenth in the competition.

Tips

grammar

第 is the ordinal prefix in Chinese, equivalent to adding '-th' in English. It can precede any number to form an ordinal: 第一 (first), 第二 (second), 第十七 (seventeenth).

Stroke Order

第 dì

十 shí

七 qī