次
cìzī HSK1

second, next

次 cì frequency
time measure word
unit used to count the number of times an event or action occurs; occurrence

这是我第四次见到他。

zhè shì wǒ dì sì cì jiàn dào tā.

This is the fourth time I have seen him.

一个月两次很好。

yī​ge yuè liǎng cì hěn hǎo.

Twice a month is fine.

order adjective
(bound form) order; sequence; next in sequence or importance; second; secondary
inferior noun
low in quality; second-rate; substandard; (colloquial) shady or odious
hypo-
(bound form) prefix used in chemistry to denote a lower oxidation state
stopover
(literary bound form) a place to stay during a journey; a temporary stop
surname
a Chinese surname
within
(literary bound form) middle; midst; inside (as in thoughts or speech)
次 zī
[used in compound]
(bound form) only used in the word 次且 zī​jū meaning "to hesitate"

Cross-References

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Synonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
183rd most common 1110.3 per million
Movie subtitles
146th most common 1240.5 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1307.8 per million appears in 98% of films
Written text
930.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+6B21

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)