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次

cì

Novice Level 2 ★ Core word
Measure wordDeterminer

次 (cì) is a Chinese word meaning “next in sequence”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

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

Stroke order

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Example

我去過台南一次。

I have been to Tainan once.

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).