{"id":8719,"date":"2023-07-03T13:50:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T05:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=8719"},"modified":"2026-09-25T14:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:35:35","slug":"first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/03\/first\/","title":{"rendered":"First, Second, and Third"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/03\/first\/#1Structure_%E7%AC%AC_di%E7%AC%AC_di_Number\" >1Structure: \u7b2c d\u00ec\u7b2c d\u00ec + Number<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/03\/first\/#2%E7%AC%AC_di%E7%AC%AC_di_Number_Measure_Word_Noun\" >2\u7b2c d\u00ec\u7b2c d\u00ec + Number + Measure Word + Noun<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/03\/first\/#3%E7%AC%AC_di%E7%AC%AC_di_Number_%E5%90%8D_ming%E5%90%8D_ming_%E2%80%94_Rankings\" >3\u7b2c d\u00ec\u7b2c d\u00ec + Number + \u540d m\u00edng\u540d m\u00edng \u2014 Rankings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" 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!important;}\n    .odc-article .hero{padding-left:10px !important;padding-right:10px !important;}\n    .odc-article main{padding-left:10px !important;padding-right:10px !important;}\n    .odc-article .lede-row{flex-direction:column !important;align-items:center !important;gap:14px !important;}\n    .odc-article .lede-thumb{width:100% !important;max-width:100% !important;height:160px !important;}\n    .odc-article .digit-grid{gap:6px;}\n    .odc-article .digit-card .h{font-size:24px;}\n    .odc-article .num-ex .dg{min-width:auto;}\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"odc-article\">\n<div class=\"topbar\"><div class=\"brandmark\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span> OneDotDot Chinese<\/div><div>Grammar \u00b7 HSK 1<\/div><\/div>\n\n<header class=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"hero-inner\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\">Grammar Point \u00b7 <span>HSK 1<\/span><\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"hero-title\">First, Second, and Third<span class=\"accent\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span> + Number<\/span><\/h1>\n    <p class=\"hero-sub\">In Chinese, ordinal numbers are formed by adding the word <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span> before the cardinal number.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main>\n  <div class=\"lede-row\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lede-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/First-in-Chinese-\u7b2c-di.png\" alt=\"First in Chinese \u7b2c d\u00ec\">\n    <p class=\"lede\">Turning &#8220;one, two, three&#8221; into &#8220;first, second, third&#8221; is easy in Chinese: just add <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span> in front. Add a measure word when a noun follows, and use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u540d m\u00edng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540d m\u00edng<\/span> to talk about rankings.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1Structure_%E7%AC%AC_di%E7%AC%AC_di_Number\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">1<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Structure: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span> + Number<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">Put <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span> in front of any number, and it becomes an ordinal number \u2014 first, second, third, and so on.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"num-ex\"><span class=\"dg\">1st<\/span><span class=\"nz\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><\/span><span class=\"npy\">d\u00ec y\u012b<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"num-ex\"><span class=\"dg\">2nd<\/span><span class=\"nz\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"npy\">d\u00ec \u00e8r<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"num-ex\"><span class=\"dg\">3rd<\/span><span class=\"nz\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e09<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e09<\/span><\/span><span class=\"npy\">d\u00ec s\u0101n<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"num-ex\"><span class=\"dg\">4th<\/span><span class=\"nz\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u56db<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u56db<\/span><\/span><span class=\"npy\">d\u00ec s\u00ec<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"num-ex\"><span class=\"dg\">5th<\/span><span class=\"nz\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e94<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e94<\/span><\/span><span class=\"npy\">d\u00ec w\u01d4<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"num-ex\"><span class=\"dg\">16th<\/span><span class=\"nz\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u5341\u516d<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u5341\u516d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"npy\">d\u00ec sh\u00edli\u00f9<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"num-ex\"><span class=\"dg\">20th<\/span><span class=\"nz\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e8c\u5341<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e8c\u5341<\/span><\/span><span class=\"npy\">d\u00ec \u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"num-ex\"><span class=\"dg\">31st<\/span><span class=\"nz\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e09\u5341\u4e00<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e09\u5341\u4e00<\/span><\/span><span class=\"npy\">d\u00ec s\u0101nsh\u00edy\u012b<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout point\"><div class=\"callout-label\">Good to Know<\/div><p>&#8220;Second&#8221; is always <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e8c d\u00ec \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e8c d\u00ec \u00e8r<\/span>, never <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u5169 d\u00ec li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e24 d\u00ec li\u01ceng<\/span>. Ordinal numbers name a position, not a quantity, so they use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2%E7%AC%AC_di%E7%AC%AC_di_Number_Measure_Word_Noun\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">2<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span> + Number + Measure Word + Noun<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">If you want to use an ordinal number with a noun, don&#8217;t forget to put a measure word in between.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e94<\/span><rt>d\u00ecw\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u74f6<\/span><rt>p\u00edng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c34<\/span><rt>shu\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e94<\/span><rt>d\u00ecw\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u74f6<\/span><rt>p\u00edng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6c34<\/span><rt>shu\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the fifth bottle of water<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u516d<\/span><rt>d\u00ecli\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u584a<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u86cb\u7cd5<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ng\u0101o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u516d<\/span><rt>d\u00ecli\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5757<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u86cb\u7cd5<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ng\u0101o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the sixth piece of cake<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">Today is my first day in Taiwan.<\/div><div class=\"note\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5929 ti\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5929 ti\u0101n<\/span> works like a measure word on its own, so no extra measure word is needed.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">This is my first time coming to Taiwan.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78\u751f<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9sh\u0113ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53e5<\/span><rt>j\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u300c\u5e79\u300d<\/span><rt>g\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66\u751f<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9sheng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53e5<\/span><rt>j\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u300c\u64cd\u300d<\/span><rt>c\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">The first Chinese phrase many students learn is &#8220;F*ck.&#8221;<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3%E7%AC%AC_di%E7%AC%AC_di_Number_%E5%90%8D_ming%E5%90%8D_ming_%E2%80%94_Rankings\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">3<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span> + Number + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u540d m\u00edng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540d m\u00edng<\/span> \u2014 Rankings<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u540d m\u00edng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u540d m\u00edng<\/span> means &#8220;place&#8221; or &#8220;position.&#8221; It&#8217;s used to express a ranking in Chinese.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">first place<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">second place<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5011<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73ed<\/span><rt>b\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u5341<\/span><rt>d\u00ecsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u4eec<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u73ed<\/span><rt>b\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u5341<\/span><rt>d\u00ecsh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">She is tenth in our class.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">My older brother got first place.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4Exceptions_No_%E7%AC%AC_di%E7%AC%AC_di_Needed\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">4<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Exceptions: No <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span> Needed<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">Some nouns form ordinals without <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c d\u00ec<\/span> \u2014 the number is used directly.<\/p>\n  <h3>Dates<\/h3>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6708<\/span><rt>y\u012byu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6708<\/span><rt>y\u012byu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f7<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">January 1st<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5<\/span><rt>r\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e5<\/span><rt>r\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the 3rd (date, written style)<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <h3>Floors<\/h3>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6a13<\/span><rt>l\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u697c<\/span><rt>l\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the 5th floor<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6a13<\/span><rt>l\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u697c<\/span><rt>l\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the 12th floor<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\"><div class=\"callout-label\">Did You Notice?<\/div><p><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u6708 y\u012b yu\u00e8<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u6708 y\u012b yu\u00e8<\/span> is the name of a month \u2014 January \u2014 while <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e00\u500b\u6708 d\u00ec y\u012b ge yu\u00e8<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e00\u4e2a\u6708 d\u00ec y\u012b ge yu\u00e8<\/span> means &#8220;the first month&#8221; of something, like your first month in a new job.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5Common_Mistakes\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">5<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Common Mistakes<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f8<\/span><rt>sh\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e66<\/span><rt>sh\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u672c<\/span><rt>b\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f8<\/span><rt>sh\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u672c<\/span><rt>b\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e66<\/span><rt>sh\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">A noun after an ordinal number still needs its measure word.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">Ordinal numbers use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span>, not <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6Practice\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">6<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Practice<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">Try saying each sentence in Chinese, then tap to check.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">01<\/span>This is his first time cooking.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a\u98ef<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2f\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u505a\u996d<\/span><rt>zu\u00f2f\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">02<\/span>I ate beef noodles for the first time today.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u725b\u8089\u9eb5<\/span><rt>ni\u00far\u00f2umi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u725b\u8089\u9762<\/span><rt>ni\u00far\u00f2umi\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">03<\/span>He is the first person to come.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e00<\/span><rt>d\u00ecy\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">04<\/span>This is my third cup of coffee.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e09<\/span><rt>d\u00ecs\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u676f<\/span><rt>b\u0113i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5496\u5561<\/span><rt>k\u0101f\u0113i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e09<\/span><rt>d\u00ecs\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u676f<\/span><rt>b\u0113i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5496\u5561<\/span><rt>k\u0101f\u0113i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">05<\/span>My daughter got second place.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5973\u5152<\/span><rt>n\u01da&#8217;\u00e9r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5973\u513f<\/span><rt>n\u01da&#8217;\u00e9r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u540d<\/span><rt>m\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">06<\/span>I like the fourth one.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span><rt>x\u01d0hu\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u56db<\/span><rt>d\u00ecs\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u559c\u6b22<\/span><rt>x\u01d0huan<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u56db<\/span><rt>d\u00ecs\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">07<\/span>My home is on the 6th floor.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516d<\/span><rt>li\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6a13<\/span><rt>l\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5bb6<\/span><rt>ji\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u516d<\/span><rt>li\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u697c<\/span><rt>l\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">08<\/span>Tomorrow is May 1st.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u660e\u5929<\/span><rt>m\u00edngti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94\u6708<\/span><rt>w\u01d4yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u660e\u5929<\/span><rt>m\u00edngti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94\u6708<\/span><rt>w\u01d4yu\u00e8<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f7<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"related-grammar\"><h4>Related Grammar<\/h4><a class=\"row\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/17\/chinese-numbers-1\/\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span><span class=\"title\">Chinese Numbers 1 \u2014 0 to 9,999<\/span><span class=\"level\">(HSK 1)<\/span><\/a><a class=\"row\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span><span class=\"title\">Two in Chinese \u2014 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span><\/span><span class=\"level\">(HSK 1)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"cta-strip\">\n    <p>Enjoyed this post? 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