(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
next in sequence, second, the second (day, time etc), secondary, vice-, sub-, infra-, inferior quality, substandard, order, sequence, hypo- (chemistry), classifier for enumerated events: time