第十五

dìshíwǔ

number #27,413

Meanings

1 fifteenth
2 the 15th

Characters

ordinal prefix (the nth)

Examples

HSK 1

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.

HSK 4

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