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
次序
cìxù
order; sequence
Characters in this word
序 xù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 会议材料必须按照议程次序排列，否则讨论很容易被打乱。 Huìyì cáiliào bìxū ànzhào yìchéng cìxù páiliè, fǒuzé tǎolùn hěn róngyì bèi dǎluàn. The meeting documents must be arranged according to the order of the agenda, otherwise the discussion will easily be disrupted.
- 请大家按次序排好队，不要拥挤。 Qǐng dàjiā àn cìxù pái hǎo duì, bú yào yōngjǐ. Please line up in order, everyone, and do not push.
- 书里的章节次序被印错了，读起来很混乱。 Shū lǐ de zhāngjié cìxù bèi yìn cuò le, dú qǐlái hěn hùnluàn. The order of the chapters in the book was printed wrong, so it is confusing to read.
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
- 次数 cìshù number of times
- 次品 cìpǐn defective product; substandard goods
- 次日 cìrì the next day; the following day