HSK 4 · Function Words

其次 qícì “next” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 其次 means

  1. next
  2. secondly

How to say 其次

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale其qí2nd 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

其次 in a sentence

  1. 首先，我一点钱也没有。其次，我也没有时间。

    Shǒuxiān, wǒ yìdiǎn qián yě méiyǒu. Qícì, wǒ yě méiyǒu shíjiān.

    First, I don’t have any money. Second, I don’t have the time.

    Sentence #5941937 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 其次，按照日程今天有将要发布的项目吗？

    Qícì, ànzhào rìchéng jīntiān yǒu jiāngyào fābù de xiàngmù ma?

    Secondly, according to the schedule, is anything being released today?

    Sentence #2938692 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 首先他们嘲笑你，其次他们和你争执，然后你赢了。

    Shǒuxiān tāmen cháoxiào nǐ, qícì tāmen hé nǐ zhēngzhí, ránhòu nǐ yíng le.

    First they laugh at you, then they argue with you, and then you win.

    Sentence #10367127 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 其次 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 其 (qí) with each of its parts in a different colour
其qíhis
  • 甘sweet · gān
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidDrawn from a winnowing basket. That meaning moved to 箕 (jī), and 其 came to mean “its, that”.

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 其次

其 8 strokes · 次 6 strokes

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

Words related to 其次

Words with 其

其实qíshí · actually其他qítā · other其中qízhōng · among尤其yóuqí · especially极其jíqí · extremely其余qíyú · the rest与其yǔqí · rather than (与其 A，不如 B: B rather than A)名副其实míngfùqíshí · worthy of the name莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling

Words with 次

次cì · times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: Particles & Connectors

另外lìngwài · additional难道nándào · don’t tell me …内nèi · inside篇piān · measure word for articles and essays其中qízhōng · among千万qiānwàn · be sure to全部quánbù · whole却què · but

FAQs

其次 (qícì) means “next” or “secondly”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it qícì: qí 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.
Yes. 其次 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qici with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 其次 from the suggestions. Typing qici into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
其次 is an HSK 4 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.