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次

cì

HSK 2 Character

What 次 means

1. next in sequence
2. second
3. the second (day, time etc)
4. secondary
5. vice-
6. sub-
7. infra-
8. inferior quality
9. substandard
10. order
11. sequence
12. hypo- (chemistry)
13. classifier for enumerated events: time

Example sentences

• 再一次。
  Once again.
• 再试一次。
  Try it once again.
• 再来一次！
  One more time!
• 初次见面。
  How do you do?
• 请再读一次。
  Read it once more, please.
• 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