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Definitions

  1. 1. next in sequence
  2. 2. second
  3. 3. the second (day, time etc)
  4. 4. secondary
  5. 5. vice-
  6. 6. sub-
  7. 7. infra-
  8. 8. inferior quality
  9. 9. substandard
  10. 10. order
  11. 11. sequence
  12. 12. hypo- (chemistry)
  13. 13. classifier for enumerated events: time

Example Sentences

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我會為這 行動負起全責。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1250589)

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Words Containing 次

一次又一次
yī cì yòu yī cì

repeatedly

次之
cì zhī

to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)

二次大战
èr cì dà zhàn

World War Two

渐次
jiàn cì

gradually

榆次区
yú cì qū

Yuci district of Jinzhong city 晉中市|晋中市[jìn zhōng shì], Shanxi

历次
lì cì

each (item in sequence)

下次
xià cì

next time

三次幂
sān cì mì

cube (third power, math.)

次级抵押贷款
cì jí dǐ yā dài kuǎn

subprime mortgage

次氯酸
cì lǜ suān

hypochlorous acid HOCl (bleach)

次品
cì pǐn

substandard products

次贷危机
cì dài wēi jī

subprime mortgage crisis

次方言
cì fāng yán

subdialect

次大陆
cì dà lù

subcontinent (e.g. the Indian subcontinent)

打层次
dǎ céng cì

to get one's hair layered

顺次
shùn cì

in order

语无伦次
yǔ wú lún cì

incoherent speech

次文化
cì wén huà

subculture

几次
jǐ cì

several times

退而求其次
tuì ér qiú qí cì

to settle for second best

次日
cì rì

next day

立氏立克次体
lì shì lì kè cì tǐ

Rickettsia rickettsii

次元
cì yuán

dimension (loanword, from Japanese)

次官
cì guān

undersecretary

次生林
cì shēng lín

secondary growth of forest

频次
pín cì

frequency

朴次茅斯
pǔ cì máo sī

Portsmouth, southern English seaport

三次方
sān cì fāng

cube (third power, math.)

层次
céng cì

layer

轻重主次
qīng zhòng zhǔ cì

to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point)

需求层次理论
xū qiú céng cì lǐ lùn

(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)

座次
zuò cì

seating arrangement

国务次卿
guó wù cì qīng

Under Secretary of State

次级房屋信贷危机
cì jí fáng wū xìn dài wēi jī

subprime mortgage crisis

一次函数
yī cì hán shù

linear function (math.)

第二次
dì èr cì

the second time

屡次
lǚ cì

repeatedly

逐次
zhú cì

gradually

次序
cì xù

sequence; order

主次
zhǔ cì

the important and the less important

二次
èr cì

second (i.e. number two)

次女
cì nǚ

second daughter

造次
zào cì

(literary) hurried

首次公开招股
shǒu cì gōng kāi zhāo gǔ

initial public offering (IPO)

安次
ān cì

Anci district of Langfang city 廊坊市[láng fáng shì], Hebei

位次
wèi cì

place (in numbered sequence)

二次元
èr cì yuán

two-dimensional

梯次队形
tī cì duì xíng

echelon formation (military)

榆次
yú cì

Yuci district of Jinzhong city 晉中市|晋中市[jìn zhōng shì], Shanxi

以次
yǐ cì

in the proper order

有一次
yǒu yī cì

once

大湄公河次区域合作
dà méi gōng hé cì qū yù hé zuò

Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), economic cooperation program between China and Vietnam

一次总付
yī cì zǒng fù

lump-sum (finance)

次生
cì shēng

derivative

人次
rén cì

person-times

再一次
zài yī cì

again

鄂霍次克海
è huò cì kè hǎi

Sea of Okhotsk

架次
jià cì

sortie

普氏立克次体
pǔ shì lì kè cì tǐ

Rickettsia prowazekii

深层次
shēn céng cì

deep level

名次
míng cì

position in a ranking of names

班次
bān cì

grade

上次
shàng cì

last time

次级贷款
cì jí dài kuǎn

subprime lending

屡次
lǚ cì

repeatedly

二次方程
èr cì fāng chéng

quadratic equation

下一次
xià yī cì

next

上一次当,学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi

to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)

三次
sān cì

third

次要
cì yào

secondary

一次
yī cì

first

再次
zài cì

one more time

二次革命
èr cì gé mìng

Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] and the Northern Warlords

多次
duō cì

many times

不止一次
bù zhǐ yī cì

many times

次韵
cì yùn

reply to a poem in the same rhyme

仅次于
jǐn cì yú

second only to ...; ranking behind only ...

第二次汉字简化方案
dì èr cì hàn zì jiǎn huà fāng àn

Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)

每次
měi cì

every time

几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān

lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly

齐次
qí cì

homogeneous (math.)

又一次
yòu yī cì

yet again

次子
cì zǐ

second son

总次数
zǒng cì shù

total number of times

此次
cǐ cì

this time

多层次分析模型
duō céng cì fēn xī mó xíng

multilevel analysis model

三番两次
sān fān liǎng cì

repeatedly (idiom)

初次
chū cì

for the first time

第一次世界大战
dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn

World War One

其次
qí cì

next

逐次近似
zhú cì jìn sì

successive approximate values (idiom)

次亚硫酸钠
cì yà liú suān nà

sodium hyposulfide Na2S2O3 (hypo)

次一个
cì yī gè

next one (in order)

次第
cì dì

order

序次
xù cì

sequence; order

安次区
ān cì qū

Anci district of Langfang city 廊坊市[láng fáng shì], Hebei

二次多项式
èr cì duō xiàng shì

quadratic polynomial

轮次
lún cì

in turn

四次
sì cì

fourth

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì

over and over again (idiom)

档次
dàng cì

grade

一次性
yī cì xìng

one-off (offer)

排列次序
pái liè cì xù

ranking

波阿次
bō ā cì

Boaz (name)

鳞次栉比
lín cì zhì bǐ

row upon row

胖次
pàng cì

(Internet slang) panties (loanword)

首次注视时间
shǒu cì zhù shì shí jiān

first fixation duration

印次
yìn cì

number of print run

三次元
sān cì yuán

three-dimensional

次贫
cì pín

extremely poor but not destitute

次级
cì jí

secondary

有次序
yǒu cì xù

ordered

第一次
dì yī cì

the first time

二次世界大战
èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn

World War Two

今次
jīn cì

this

三次曲线
sān cì qū xiàn

cubic curve (geometry)

层次分明
céng cì fēn míng

layered; structured; made up of distinct parts

第二次世界大战
dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn

World War II

二次函数
èr cì hán shù

quadratic function

二次方
èr cì fāng

square (i.e. x times x)

次生灾害
cì shēng zāi hài

secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods)

次经
cì jīng

non-canonical text

二次曲
èr cì qū

quadratic curve

三次方程
sān cì fāng chéng

cubic equation (math.)

残次品
cán cì pǐn

defective goods

立克次体
lì kè cì tǐ

Rickettsia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)

次数
cì shù

number of times

每周一次
měi zhōu yī cì

once a week

场次
chǎng cì

the number of showings of a movie, play etc

次后
cì hòu

afterwards

依次
yī cì

in order

版次
bǎn cì

edition (of a book etc)

挨次
āi cì

in sequence

大湄公河次区域
dà méi gōng hé cì qū yù

Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), area of economic cooperation between China and Vietnam

次溴酸
cì xiù suān

hypobromous acid HOBr

次于
cì yú

second after

高次
gāo cì

higher degree (e.g. equation in math.)

一次方程
yī cì fāng chéng

linear equation

次重量级
cì zhòng liàng jí

middle heavyweight (boxing etc)

次货
cì huò

inferior goods

一次方程式
yī cì fāng chéng shì

linear equation (math.)

剂次
jì cì

instance of administering a dose of vaccine

首次
shǒu cì

first

二次型
èr cì xíng

quadratic form (math.)

航次
háng cì

air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item)

二次曲线
èr cì qū xiàn

quadratic curve (geometry)

次贷
cì dài

subprime lending

二次曲面
èr cì qū miàn

quadric surface (geometry)

次等
cì děng

second-class; second-rate

一次生,两次熟
yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú

unfamiliar at first but you get used to it

天次
tiān cì

number of days of sth taking place (e.g. days of heavy pollution)

次正装
cì zhèng zhuāng

smart casual attire

更次
gēng cì

one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night)

开三次方
kāi sān cì fāng

(math.) to extract a cube root

次长
cì zhǎng

deputy chief

次声波
cì shēng bō

infrasonic wave

车次
chē cì

train or coach service (\service\ as in \they run 12 services per day between the two cities\)

编次
biān cì

to arrange things in sequence

次方
cì fāng

(raised to the) nth power