次
cìTraditional: 次
Translation
time, occurrence (measure word)
Word origin
Originally combining the ice radical 冫with 欠 (qiàn, to lack or yawn). It came to mean order or sequence, and is now the common measure word for counting occurrences of an action.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 冫(ice) + 欠 (qiàn, phonetic)
Stroke order
次
Examples
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I have been there three times.
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This is the first time I have come.
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Please say it one more time.
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Remember to bring the key next time.
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He is late every time.
次 (cì) is the measure word for counting times or occurrences. It pairs with verbs to say how many times an action happens.
Appears in 5 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 次.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(5)Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
The Experiential 过 (guò) in Mandarin: Saying You Have Ever Done Something
Mandarin Numbers, Time, Dates, and Currency: From 1 to 1,000,000, the 二/两 Split, and Time-Before-Verb
The Mandarin 是…的 (shì...de) Construction: Highlighting When, Where, and How Something Happened
Topic-Comment Structure in Mandarin: Fronting 这本书我看过 and Why Word Order Bends
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