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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 第三
[dìsān]
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1.
thirdly
Examples
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第三世界勃然兴起。
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The Third World is rising as a vigorous new force.
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第三产业
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tertiary industry
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他排行第三。
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He's the third child of the family.
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我们两国同属第三世界。
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Both our countries belong to the Third World.
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第三世界的壮大
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the growing strength of the Third World
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吸烟人群往往处于第三状态。
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Smokers are often in bad health.
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农业工业以外的产业被我们指称为第三产业。
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All the industries except agriculture, and industry are refered to as tertiary industries.
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第三产业
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tertiary industry
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第三世界
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the Third World
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这是我第三回到杭州。
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This is my third time in Hangzhou.
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nciku Note
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Ordinal numbers
The common way to show ordinal number is putting "第" dì 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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