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Simplified甲第
Traditional甲第
Pinyinjiǎ dì
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甲第
jiǎ dì · residence of a noble; top candidate in the imperial examinations
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第dì
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
第一dì yīfirst; number one; primary
甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
第一手dìyīshǒufirst-hand
指甲zhǐjiafingernail