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
次数
cìshù
number of times
Characters in this word
数 shǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 娄 a constellation 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 为了保证数据可靠，研究团队把每次实验的次数控制在同一范围内。 Wèile bǎozhèng shùjù kěkào, yánjiū tuánduì bǎ měi cì shíyàn de cìshù kòngzhì zài tóng yī fànwéi nèi. To ensure the data was reliable, the research team kept the number of repetitions for each experiment within the same range.
- 他最近去健身房的次数越来越少了。 Tā zuìjìn qù jiànshēnfáng de cìshù yuè lái yuè shǎo le. Lately he goes to the gym less and less often.
- 比赛规定每个人尝试的次数不能超过三次。 Bǐsài guīdìng měi ge rén chángshì de cìshù bù néng chāoguò sān cì. The competition rules say the number of attempts each person makes cannot exceed three.
Related words
- 次 cì time (measure word for occurrences)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 下次 xiàcì next time
- 其次 qícì next; secondly
- 次 cì poor quality
- 多次 duōcì many times
- 层次 céngcì level; structure
- 再次 zàicì again
- 场次 chǎngcì number of performances, sessions
- 次品 cìpǐn defective product; substandard goods
- 次日 cìrì the next day; the following day
- 次序 cìxù order; sequence