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第十一 (dì shí yī) — eleventh

Definition

numeral
eleventh

Examples

  • 第十一。
    Zhè shì wǒ dì shí yī cì lái běi jīng.
    This is my eleventh time coming to Beijing.
  • 第十一。
    dì shí yī Gè xué shēng shì lǐ míng.
    The eleventh student is Li Ming.
  • 第十一。
    Wǒ zhù zài dì shí yī céng.
    I live on the eleventh floor.

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
十一eleven
十shíten一yīone
联合Coordinate

第 gives ordinal sense and 十一 means eleven, so the meaning is the eleventh.

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.

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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 →

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

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →
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