Chinese symbol for “second”
第二
dì èr
second; number two; next; secondary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for second is 第二 (dì èr), defined as: second; number two; next; secondary.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “second”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亚 (亞) | yà | second; next to |
| 秒 | miǎo | second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit) |
| 二次 | èr cì | second (i.e. number two); second time |
| 下个 (下個) | xià ge | second (of two parts); next (week etc) |
| 二世 | èr shì | the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 第二.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 第一 | dì yī | first; most important; primary; foremost |
| 第一次 | dì yī cì | the first time; for the first time |
| 第二次 | dì èr cì | the second time; the second occurrence |
| 第二天 | dì èr tiān | next day; the morrow |
| 第五 | dì wǔ | fifth |
| 二级 (二級) | èr jí | grade 2; second class |
| 十二 | shí èr | twelve; 12 |
| 二十 | èr shí | twenty; 20 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “second”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.