第

Ideographic: Bamboo strips ⺮ arrayed in sequence; 弟 provides the pronunciationRadical: 竹

meaning for 第 dì:

  • - (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
  • - order
  • - (old) rank in the imperial examinations
  • - mansion
  • - (literary) but
  • - justfirst
  • - number one
  • - primarytertiary sector of industrysb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship
  • - the other woman
  • - the other man
  • - third person
  • - third party (in dispute)
  • - disinterested party
  • - number three in a listThird Worldfirst-hand