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

měi

Traditional: 每次

Line drawing of 每次
Coloured illustration of 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

Stroke order for 每

Stroke order for 次

Examples

Every time I see her I am happy.

It is like this every time.

Every time he sits an exam he comes first.

Every time we meet I'm happy.

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.