次 cì time
measure word for times an action happens
怎么记住“次”: 冫 ice + 欠 to lack = time. On the ice rink the skater seems to lack any balance and falls again and again, and her coach counts each time she falls.
部件结构
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
次 = 冫 ice + 欠 to lack
- 冫 ice
- 欠 to lack
On the ice rink the skater seems to lack any balance and falls again and again, and her coach counts each time she falls.
How it came to be
The oldest form is a person breathing out, with small strokes for the breath.
用法
- "A time (an occurrence)": 一次 (yí cì) once, 三次 (sān cì) three times, 下次 (xià cì) next time. It counts repeats of a whole action.
- Trap: 次 counts occurrences; 遍 (biàn) counts times through from start to finish (读三遍 read it through three times). Ordinal use: 第一次 (dì-yī cì) the first time.
含“次”的汉字
含“次”的词语
- 其次qícìnextHSK 4
- 再次zàicìonce moreHSK 4
- 此次cǐcìthis timeHSK 4
- 一次性yícìxìngone-off (offer)HSK 5
- 首次shǒucìfirstHSK 5
- 场次chǎngcìthe number of showings of a movie, play etcHSK 6
- 层次céngcìlayerHSK 6
- 次数cìshùnumber of timesHSK 6
- 人次réncìperson-timesHSK 7
- 名次míngcìposition in a ranking of namesHSK 7
- 次序cìxùsequenceHSK 7
- 次日cìrìnext dayHSK 7
- 次要cìyàosecondaryHSK 7
- 三番五次sānfān-wǔcìover and over again (idiom)HSK 8
- 依次yīcìin orderHSK 8
- 屡次lǚcìrepeatedlyHSK 8
- 档次dàngcìgradeHSK 9
- 次品cìpǐnsubstandard productsHSK 9
例句
- 这是一次事故。 Zhè shì yí cì shìgù.There was an accident.
- 我们都参加了这次会议。 Wǒmen dōu cānjiāle zhè cì huìyì.We all attended the conference.
- 我们很满意这次的旅行。 Wǒmen hěn mǎnyì zhè cì de lǚxíng.We are very satisfied with this trip.
- 这次赛跑他用了13秒。 Zhè cì sàipǎo tā yòngle shísān miǎo.He took thirteen seconds to complete the race.