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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cì | ci4
English translation
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
order, sequence; second, next; one after the other

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

qiàn

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

A person  qiàn yawning multiple times  bīng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

冫欠

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yǒu diǎn 东西 dōngxī , zhè 一次 yī cì Quán diū le .

I used to have some things, but now they've all been lost.

这次测验 cèyàn shì 显示 xiǎnshì 知识 zhīshi de hǎo 机会 jīhuì .

The quiz was a good opportunity for the exhibition of his knowledge.

zài 中学 zhōng xué 每周 měi zhōu Jiào 音乐课.

She instructs music once a week at a middle school.

qiāo le 3 Mén .

He struck three times on the door.

能够 néng gòu měi miǎo 执行 zhíxíng 数千运算 yùnsuàn .

It was capable of performing thousands of operations per second.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
second
再次 zài cì again再次 zài cì
每次 měi cì every time每次 měi cì
此次 cǐ cì this time此次 cǐ cì
第一次 dì yī cì first第一次 dì yī cì
下次 xià cì next time下次 xià cì
首次 shǒu cì first首次 shǒu cì
上次 shàng cì last time上次 shàng cì
多次 duō cì many times多次 duō cì
其次 qícì next其次 qícì
层次 céngcì layer層次
第二次 dì èr cì second第二次 dì èr cì
一次性 yī cì xìng one-time一次性 yī cì xìng
次数 cì shù frequency次數
档次 dàngcì grade檔次
依次 yī cì in order依次 yī cì
次日 cì rì next day次日 cì rì
初次 chū cì for the first time初次 chū cì
仅次于 jǐn cì yú second only to...僅次于
名次 míngcì place名次 míngcì
次要 cìyào secondary次要 cìyào
深层次 shēn céng cì deep level深層次
场次 chǎng cì screening場次

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