1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 dìliù "sixth")
2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
3. (old) residence of a high official
4. (literary) but; however
5. (literary) only; just

1. father's elder brother
2. senior
3. paternal elder uncle
4. eldest of brothers
5. respectful form of address
6. Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi

1. (bound form) the Yellow River
2. (bound form) the Milky Way
3. (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 héfěn

classifiers: 條, 道