次 (cì)

time (frequency); order; sequence; next

How 次 is written

Strokes
6
Radical
冫 — ice
Traditional
次
Simplified
次 (unchanged)

Components

  • 冫 ice
  • 欠 yawn

Common words using 次

人次 réncì
person-times; visits; classifier for number of people participating
再次 zàicì
one more time; again; one more
次數 cìshù
frequency; number of times; ordinal number
次方 cìfāng
(raised to the) nth power
一次性 yīcìxìng
one-off (offer); one-time; single-use
三番五次 sānfānwǔcì
(saying) over and over again
上次 shàngcì
last time
下次 xiàcì
next time
位次 wèicì
place (in numbered sequence); degree on employment scale
依次 yīcì
in order; in succession
僅次于 jǐncìyú
second only to...; (in second place) preceded only by...
其次 qícì
next; secondly

次 in a sentence

我去過日本三次。

Wǒ qùguò Rìběn sāncì.

“I have been to Japan three times.”

How common is 次?

次 is the 183rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 54% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 次

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