第二

Chinese

		(ordinal prefix); ‑th; rank	two
trad. (第二)		第	二
simp. ^#(第二)		第	二

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dì'èr

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄦˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ ji⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-ngi
Eastern Min (BUC): dâ̤-nê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tē-lī / tē-jī

(Teochew, Peng'im): doin⁶ ri⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶di-gni₆
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): di⁵ e⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dì'èr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄦˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dì-èr
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-êrh⁴
  - Yale: dì-èr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihell
  - Palladius: диэр (dier)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dai⁶ ji⁶
  - Yale: daih yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²² jiː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-ngi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti ngi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ ngi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dâ̤-nê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛ²⁴²⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tē-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexli
  - IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ li³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ li²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-jī
  - Tâi-lô: tē-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexji
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ d͡zi²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ zi³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: doin⁶ ri⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tŏiⁿ jĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tõĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di-gni₆
  - MiniDict: di^去 nyi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-nyi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: di⁵ e⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁻¹¹ ɤ̞²¹⁻¹¹/

Adjective

第二

second
居世界第二 ― jū shìjiè dì'èr ― to rank second in the world

當作第二故鄉／当作第二故乡 ― dàngzuò dì'èr gùxiāng ― to treat (a place) as one's second hometown
- 有晚上，有早晨，是第二日。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 1:8
  Yǒu wǎnshàng, yǒu zǎochén, shì dì'èr rì. [Pinyin]
  And the evening and the morning were the second day.
next
第二天 ― dì'èr tiān ― the next day
(Cantonese) another; other
第二日先再搵你傾偈啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
第二日先再揾你倾偈啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
dai⁶ ji⁶ jat⁶ sin¹ zoi³ wan² nei⁵ king¹ gai^6-2 laa¹. [Jyutping]
Let's talk again some other day.

Synonyms

(another): (Cantonese, contraction) 第 (dai6)

Adverb

第二

secondly

Noun

第二

second; 2nd; number two

Derived terms

國語注音符號第二式／国语注音符号第二式 (Guóyǔ Zhùyīn Fúhào Dì'èr Shì)
第二世界 (Dì-èr Shìjiè)
第二人稱／第二人称 (dì-èr rénchēng)
第二天 (dì'èrtiān)
第二性徵／第二性征 (dì-èr xìngzhēng)
第二手 (dì'èrshǒu)
第二次 (dì-èr cì)
第二產業／第二产业 (dì'èr chǎnyè)
第二職業／第二职业
第二語言／第二语言 (dì'èr yǔyán)
第二課堂／第二课堂
第二類永動機／第二类永动机 (dì-èr lèi yǒngdòngjī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
第	二
だい Grade: 3	に Grade: 1

Noun

第(だい)二(に) • (daini)

second (2nd), number two