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
次要
cìyào
secondary; less important
Characters in this word
要 yào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 覀 — west, western, westward
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在公共安全面前，部门之间的利益分歧只能退居次要位置。 Zài gōnggòng ānquán miànqián, bùmén zhījiān de lìyì fēnqí zhǐ néng tuìjū cìyào wèizhì. In the face of public safety, differences of interest between departments can only take a secondary place.
- 这些都是次要问题，先解决最重要的。 Zhèxiē dōu shì cìyào wèntí, xiān jiějué zuì zhòngyào de. These are all minor issues; let us solve the most important one first.
- 在这部电影里，他只演了一个次要角色。 Zài zhè bù diànyǐng lǐ, tā zhǐ yǎn le yí ge cìyào juésè. In this film he only played a minor role.
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