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其次

qí cì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

其次 (qí cì) means "next". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 其次 means

1. next
2. secondly

The characters in 其次

• 其qíhis; her; its
• 次cìnext in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)

Example sentences

• 其次，按照日程今天有将要发布的项目吗？
  Qícì, ànzhào rìchéng jīntiān yǒu jiāngyào fābù de xiàngmù ma?
  Secondly, is there any project scheduled to be released today?
• 首先，我一点钱也没有。其次，我也没有时间。
  First, I don't have any money. Second, I don't have the time.
• 种一棵树，最好的时间是20年前，其次是现在。
  The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
• 首先他们嘲笑你，其次他们和你作战，然后你赢了。
  First they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.
• 首先他们嘲笑你，其次他们和你争执，然后你赢了。
  First they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Words containing 其次

• 退而求其次tuì ér qiú qí cìto settle for second best; the next best thing

Sounds the same

Read qí cì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 齐次homogeneous (math.)

Where 其次 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time sequence & ordering (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qí cì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.