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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

第二 [dì'èr]
  1. 1. noun second

Examples

北京已经成了我的第二故乡。
Beijing has become a second home to me.
第二把交椅
occupy the second highest post; be second in command
第二
run second
他以四秒之差屈居第二
He was forced into second place by only four seconds.
第一(第二)心音
the first (second) heart sound
这本书是残次品,本纪第二已经被人撕掉了。
This book is incomplete, and the secondary one with its second primary chronicle ripped off by someone.
他的第二职业为他赚取了不少外快。
His second career has earned him a lot of extra money.
第二职业
second job
他的第二任妻子
his second wife
甘居第二

Word Decomposition


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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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