Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986); abbr. to 二簡|二简
第二次世界大战第二次世界大戰di4 er4 ci4 shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4
World War II
第二个人第二個人di4 er4 ge5 ren2
the second person; (fig.) someone else; third party
第二季度第二季度di4 er4 ji4 du4
second quarter (of financial year)
第二轮第二輪di4 er4 lun2
second round (of match, or election)
第二声第二聲di4 er4 sheng1
second tone in Mandarin; rising tone
第二世界第二世界di4 er4 shi4 jie4
Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)
第二天第二天di4 er4 tian1
next day; the morrow
第二位第二位di4 er4 wei4
second place
第二型糖尿病第二型糖尿病di4 er4 xing2 tang2 niao4 bing4
Type 2 diabetes
第二性第二性di4 er4 xing4
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
第二职业第二職業di4 er4 zhi2 ye4
second job
第勒尼安海第勒尼安海di4 le4 ni2 an1 hai3
Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland
第六感第六感di4 liu4 gan3
sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
第六感觉第六感覺di4 liu4 gan3 jue2
sixth sense; intuition
第纳尔第納爾di4 na4 er3
dinar (currency) (loanword)
第戎第戎di4 rong2
Dijon (France)
第三产业第三產業di4 san1 chan3 ye4
tertiary sector of industry
第三帝国第三帝國di4 san1 di4 guo2
Third Reich, Nazi regime (1933-1945)
第三方第三方di4 san1 fang1
third party
第三国际第三國際di4 san1 guo2 ji4
see 共產國際|共产国际
第三纪第三紀di4 san1 ji4
third period; tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)
第三季度第三季度di4 san1 ji4 du4
third quarter (of financial year)
第三声第三聲di4 san1 sheng1
third tone in Mandarin; falling-rising tone
第三十第三十di4 san1 shi2
thirtieth
第三世界第三世界di4 san1 shi4 jie4
Third World
第三位第三位di4 san1 wei4
third place
第三者第三者di4 san1 zhe3
sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship; the other woman; the other man; third person; third party (in dispute); disinterested party; number three in a list
第三状态第三狀態di4 san1 zhuang4 tai4
"third state", borderline state between health and disease
第四季第四季di4 si4 ji4
fourth quarter
第四纪第四紀di4 si4 ji4
fourth period; quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
第四季度第四季度di4 si4 ji4 du4
fourth quarter (of financial year)
第四声第四聲di4 si4 sheng1
fourth tone in Mandarin; falling tone
第四台第四臺di4 si4 tai2
fourth channel; (in Taiwan) cable TV, FTV
第五第五di4 wu3
fifth
第五个现代化第五個現代化di4 wu3 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4
fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations 鄧小平|邓小平, 四個現代化|四个现代化
第五类第五類di4 wu3 lei4
category 5; CAT 5 (cable)
第五纵队第五縱隊di4 wu3 zong4 dui4
fifth column (subversive group)
第一第一di4 yi1
first; number one; primary
第一步第一步di4 yi1 bu4
step one; first step
第一产业第一產業di4 yi1 chan3 ye4
primary sector of industry
第一次第一次di4 yi1 ci4
the first time; first; number one
第一次世界大战第一次世界大戰di4 yi1 ci4 shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4
World War One
第一夫人第一夫人di4 yi1 fu1 ren2
First Lady (wife of US president)
第一个层次第一個層次di4 yi1 ge4 ceng2 ci4
the first stage
第一国际第一國際di4 yi1 guo2 ji4
First international, organized by Karl Marx in Geneva in 1866
第一基本形式第一基本形式di4 yi1 ji1 ben3 xing2 shi4
(math.) first fundamental form
第一级第一級di4 yi1 ji2
first level
第一季度第一季度di4 yi1 ji4 du4
first quarter (of financial year)
第一例第一例di4 yi1 li4
first case; first instance; first time (sth is done)
第一流第一流di4 yi1 liu2
first-class
第一轮第一輪di4 yi1 lun2
first round (of match, or election)
第一炮第一炮di4 yi1 pao4
(fig.) opening shot
第一声第一聲di4 yi1 sheng1
first tone in Mandarin; high level tone
第一时间第一時間di4 yi1 shi2 jian1
in the first moments (of sth happening); immediately (after an event); first thing
第一手第一手di4 yi1 shou3
first-hand
第一桶金第一桶金di4 yi1 tong3 jin1
the first pot of gold; the initial profits from an economic endeavour
第一象限第一象限di4 yi1 xiang4 xian4
first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)
第一型糖尿病第一型糖尿病di4 yi1 xing2 tang2 niao4 bing4
Type 1 diabetes
法拉第法拉第fa3 la1 di4
Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity