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次
cì
次 (cì) means "time(s); occurrence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.
What 次 means
- 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
How 次 is used in grammar
次 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
- Quantity Complements: Action Count and Comparison Degree (HSK 2)
- Duration & Frequency Complements (HSK 3)
- Action measure words: 次/遍/趟/顿/场 (HSK 4)
- Frequency complement: V+次/遍/趟 (HSK 4)
The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, measure words (动量词).
Example sentences
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再一次。Once again.
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再试一次。Try it once again.
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再来一次！One more time!
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初次见面。How do you do?
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请再读一次。Read it once more, please.
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下次再说吧。Let's do it another time.
Words starting with 次
- 次要cì yàosecondary
- 次序cì xùsequence; order
- 次品cì pǐnsubstandard products; defective; seconds
- 次数cì shùnumber of times; frequency; order number (in a series)
- 次日cì rìnext day; the morrow
- 次生cì shēngderivative; secondary; sub-
- 次第cì dìorder; sequence; one after another
- 次长cì zhǎngdeputy chief
- 次子cì zǐsecond son
- 次之cì zhīto rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)
- 次女cì nǚsecond daughter
- 次后cì hòuafterwards; then
- 次方cì fāng(raised to the) nth power
- 次于cì yúsecond after; second only to
- 次经cì jīngnon-canonical text; dubious classic text; Apocrypha
- 次文化cì wén huàsubculture
- 次等cì děngsecond-class; second-rate
- 次世代cì shì dàinext-generation
- 次方言cì fāng yánsubdialect
- 次级cì jísecondary
- 次重量级cì zhòng liàng jímiddle heavyweight (boxing etc)
- 次元cì yuándimension (loanword, from Japanese)
- 次正装cì zhèng zhuāngsmart casual attire
- 次官cì guānundersecretary; secondary official
Words containing 次
- 每次měi cìevery time
- 其次qí cìnext; secondly
- 再次zài cìonce more; once again
- 层次céng cìlayer; level; gradation
- 档次dàng cìgrade; class; quality
- 依次yī cìin order; in succession
- 名次míng cìposition in a ranking of names; place; rank
- 屡次lǚ cìrepeatedly; time and again
- 多次duō cìmany times; repeatedly
- 有一次yǒu yī cìonce; once upon a time
- 上次shàng cìlast time
- 此次cǐ cìthis time
- 下次xià cìnext time
- 人次rén cìperson-times; visits; classifier for number of people participating
- 一次性yī cì xìngone-off (offer); one-time; single-use
- 初次chū cìfor the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)
- 仅次于jǐn cì yúsecond only to ...; ranking behind only ...
- 历次lì cìeach (item in sequence); successive
- 班次bān cìgrade; class number (in school); flight or run number
- 车次chē cìtrain or coach service…
- 语无伦次yǔ wú lún cìincoherent speech; to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
- 场次chǎng cìthe number of showings of a movie, play etc; screening; performance
- 二次大战Èr cì Dà zhànWorld War Two
- 鳞次栉比lín cì zhì bǐrow upon row
Characters that look like 次
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 我wǒI; me; my
- 欢huānjoyous; happy; pleased
- 农nóng(bound form) agriculture
- 攻gōngto attack; to accuse; to study
- 灰huīash; dust; lime
- 坎kǎnpit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦
Sounds the same
Read cì, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 刺thorn; sting; thrust
- 伺used in 伺候
- 赐(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. sì
- 佽nimble; to help
- 絘ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
- 朿stab
- 莿Urtica thunbergiana
- 蛓(literary) caterpillar
- 刾old variant of 刺
Where 次 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Numbers and Measure Words (HSK 2), HSK 2 Characters · Set 6 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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