次 cì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- Made of
- 冫 ice 欠 to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
次
cì
time (measure word for occurrences)
Character
Example phrases
- 我去过两次。 Wǒ qùguo liǎng cì. I've been there twice.
- 这是我第一次来。 Zhè shì wǒ dì yī cì lái. This is my first time here.
- 这是第三次。 Zhè shì dì sān cì. This is the third time.
- 你去过北京几次？ Nǐ qùguo Běijīng jǐ cì? How many times have you been to Beijing?
- 这是我们第二次见面。 Zhè shì wǒmen dì èr cì jiànmiàn. This is the second time we've met.
- 他上个月来过一次。 Tā shànggeyuè láiguo yí cì. He came once last month.
- 大家第一次见面很高兴。 Dàjiā dì yī cì jiànmiàn hěn gāoxìng. Everyone was very happy to meet for the first time.
- 下次别忘拿车票。 Xià cì bié wàng ná chēpiào. Next time don't forget to take the ticket.
- 我们一星期上三次课。 Wǒmen yì xīngqī shàng sān cì kè. We have class three times a week.
- 你爸爸去过几次学校？ Nǐ bàba qùguo jǐ cì xuéxiào? How many times has your father been to the school?
Related words
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 下次 xiàcì next time
- 其次 qícì next; secondly
- 次 cì poor quality
- 多次 duō cì many times
- 层次 céngcì level; structure
- 再次 zàicì again
- 场次 chǎngcì number of performances, sessions
- 次数 cìshù number of times
- 次品 cìpǐn defective product; substandard goods
- 次日 cìrì the next day; the following day
- 次序 cìxù order; sequence