第十五

dìshíwǔ

number #27,413

Meanings

1 fifteenth
2 the 15th

Characters

ordinal prefix (the nth)

Examples

今天是这个月的第十五天。

Jīntiān shì zhège yuè de dìshíwǔ tiān.

Today is the fifteenth day of this month.

他在比赛中获得了第十五名。

Tā zài bǐsài zhōng huòdé le dìshíwǔ míng.

He finished fifteenth in the competition.

Tips

grammar

第 is added before a number to form ordinals in Chinese. 第十五 = the 15th. Without 第, 十五 is just the cardinal number fifteen.

Stroke Order

第 dì

十 shí

五 wǔ