HSK 6 · Ideas

层次 céngcì “level” in Chinese

Traditional 層次

What 层次 means

  1. level
  2. layer
  3. gradation
  4. arrangement of ideas
  5. (a person’s) standing

How to say 层次

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale层céng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale次cì4th tone, falling

层次 in a sentence

  1. 这篇文章层次很清楚。

    Zhè piān wénzhāng céngcì hěn qīngchu.

    This article is very clearly structured.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这家店的顾客层次比较高。

    Zhè jiā diàn de gùkè céngcì bǐjiào gāo.

    This shop’s customers are fairly upmarket.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 层次 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 层 (céng) with each of its parts in a different colour
层céngto pile on top of one another
  • 尸corpse · shī
  • 云cloud · yún
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 层次

层 7 strokes · 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.

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

Words related to 层次

Words with 层

层céng · mw for layers阶层jiēcéng · social class层出不穷céngchūbùqióng · to emerge one after another

Words with 次

次cì · times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档次dàngcì · grade名次míngcì · ranking

More words: Ideas & Concepts

不择手段bùzéshǒuduàn · by any means necessary策略cèlüè · strategy侧面cèmiàn · side层出不穷céngchūbùqióng · to emerge one after another差别chābié · difference场合chǎnghé · occasion场面chǎngmiàn · scene成效chéngxiào · effect

FAQs

层次 (céngcì) means “level” or “layer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it céngcì: céng with a 2nd tone, then cì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 层次 is written 層次. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cengci with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 层次 from the suggestions. Typing cengci into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
层次 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.