第二十六 (dì èr shí liù) — twenty-sixth

Definition

Ordinal form of 26: 'the twenty-sixth'. Used for ordering people, chapters, or pages (第二十六页 = page 26).

numeral
twenty-sixth

Examples

  • 第二十六。
    Qǐng fān dào dì èr shí liù yè.
    Please turn to page 26.
  • 第二十六。
    Tā shì wǒ men bān dì dì èr shí liù gè lái de.
    He was the 26th to arrive in our class.
  • 第二十六。
    Zhè běn shū de dì èr shí liù zhāng zuì yǒu qù.
    The 26th chapter of this book is the most interesting.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
前缀qiánzhuìPrefix

A fixed syllable in front that adds a shade of meaning but carries none of its own.

第dìordinal
二十六twenty-six
二èrtwo十shíten六liùsix

The ordinal 第 before 二十六 gives the position twenty-sixth.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
弟
弟dì第dì
Same sound today

第 shows 𥫗, the bamboo strips once used for writing and sorting, with 弟 giving the sound.

Open 第 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

Open 二 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

Open 十 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

Open 六 →

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