(měi cì) - every time, each time in Mandarin

měicì

Traditional: 每次

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Translation

every time, each time

Word origin

每次 (měi cì) 'every time' joins 每 'each, every' with 次 'time, occasion'. 次 is a phono-semantic compound of 冫(ice) and 欠 (a person yawning), used for ordinal occasions.

Origin: compound
Root: 每 (every) + 次 (time, occasion)

Stroke order

每

次

Examples

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Every time I see her I am happy.

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It is like this every time.

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Every time he sits an exam he comes first.

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Every time we meet I'm happy.

雨yǔ。

Every time it rains he is late.

每次 (měi cì) means every time or each time.

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This word is part of lesson 19.