次 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

次 English definition

  • next in sequence
  • second
  • the second (day, time etc)
  • secondary
  • vice-
  • sub-
  • infra-
  • inferior quality
  • substandard
  • order
  • sequence
  • hypo- (chemistry)
  • classifier for enumerated events: time

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : to wait on;
  • : nimble; to help;
  • : thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder;
  • : stab;
  • : ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth;
  • : Urtica thunbergiana;
  • : (literary) caterpillar;
  • : Give
  • : to confer; to bestow; to grant;

Sentences examples with 次

  • 我去年去中国三次。
    Wǒ qùnián qù zhōngguó sān cì.
  • 我去过一次北京。
    Wǒ qùguò yīcì běijīng.
  • 这是我第一次见到他。
    Zhè shì wǒ dì yī cì jiàn dào tā.
  • 这个药一天吃三次。
    Zhège yào yītiān chī sāncì.
  • 这次考试,我得了 85分。
    Zhè cì kǎoshì, wǒ déliǎo 85 fēn.

Words containing 次, by HSK level