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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

第三 [dìsān]
  1. 1. thirdly

Examples

第三世界勃然兴起。
The Third World is rising as a vigorous new force.
第三产业
tertiary industry
他排行第三
He's the third child of the family.
我们两国同属第三世界。
Both our countries belong to the Third World.
第三世界的壮大
the growing strength of the Third World
吸烟人群往往处于第三状态。
Smokers are often in bad health.
农业工业以外的产业被我们指称为第三产业。
All the industries except agriculture, and industry are refered to as tertiary industries.
第三产业
tertiary industry
第三世界
the Third World
这是我第三回到杭州。
This is my third time in Hangzhou.

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nciku Note

Ordinal numbers

Ordinal numbers

The common way to show ordinal number is putting "第" front of the number, such as "第一" dìyī , "第二" dì'èr , "第一百" dìyībǎi .
(1) 你是第一个完成任务的人。
(2) 这次考试成绩出来了,你是第二十五名。



e.g. (1)你是第一个完成任务的人。 (3)这次考试成绩出来了,你是第二十五名。

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