第
dì HSK1

sequence

第 dì
ordinal numeral
prefix indicating ordinal number

我是第一个到这里的。

wǒ shì dì​yī gè dào zhè​lǐ de.

I was the first one to arrive here.

only numeral
adverb meaning only or just (literary)

第见其一，不见其二。

dì jiàn qí​yī, bù jiàn qí'èr.

One sees only one aspect while ignoring the other.

residence noun
residence of a high-ranking official

这座府第十分气派。

zhè zuò fǔ dì shí​fēn qì​pài.

This mansion is very grand.

rank expression
grades or ranking in imperial examinations

他在科举中榜上及第。

tā zài kē​jǔ zhōng bǎng shàng jí​dì.

He passed the imperial examination and was listed among the successful candidates.

Frequency
Character
Written text
114th most common 1683.6 per million
Movie subtitles
203rd most common 868.1 per million appears in 97% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
204.0 per million appears in 59% of films
Written text
106334.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+7B2C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)