HSK 2 · Numbers

次 cì “times” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 次 means

  1. times, occasion
  2. next in sequence
  3. second
  4. the second (day, time etc)
  5. secondary
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • vice-
  • sub-

How to say 次

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale次cì4th tone, falling

次 in a sentence

  1. 我希望下次你会小心点。

    Wǒ xīwàng xià cì nǐ huì xiǎoxīn diǎn.

    I hope you’ll be more careful next time.

    Sentence #9423251 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这是你第一次滑雪吗？

    Zhè shì nǐ dìyī cì huáxuě ma?

    Is this your first time skiing?

    Sentence #12420169 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我决定再试一次。

    Wǒ juédìng zài shì yí cì.

    I decided to try again.

    Sentence #9466899 from Tatoeba

How 次 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 次 (cì) with each of its parts in a different colour
次cìnext in sequence
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 欠yawn · qiàn

How to write 次

次 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

次 (cì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 次 (cì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 次

Words with 次

其次qícì · next再次zàicì · once again次要cìyào · secondary次序cìxù · order屡次lǚcì · repeatedly次品cìpǐn · defective product层次céngcì · level档次dàngcì · grade名次míngcì · ranking

More words: Numbers & Money

一yī · one二èr · two三sān · three四sì · four件jiàn · measure word for clothes零líng · zero千qiān · thousand两liǎng · two (of)

FAQs

次 (cì) means “times, occasion” or “next in sequence”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it cì: cì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 次 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ci with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 次 from the suggestions. Typing ci into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
次 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.