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次: next; time

By April 2, 2015December 1st, 2016Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

次 cì

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

Kun Reading

次 | つぎ tsugi

noun | no-adjective
: next; following; subsequent
: stage; station

次に | つぎに tsugini

conjunction
: next; then; after that

次ぐ | つぐ tsugu

godan verb with gu ending | intransitive verb
: to rank next to; to come after

次いで | ついで tsuide

adverb | conjunction
: next; secondly; subsequently

次なる | つぎなる tsuginaru

noun
: next; the next

On Reading

次 | じ ji

prefix
: next
: hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)
: (Counter) order; sequence; time; times

し shi

 Usage:

次要 ci4yao4: secondary
次數[数] ci4shu3: frequency; number of times; ordinal number
[次数 | じすう jisuu: degree]
次序 ci4xu4: sequence; order
[じじょ jijo: order; system]
次之 ci4zhi1: second (in a competition); occupying second place
其次 qi2ci4: next; secondly
層[层]次 ceng2ci4: arrangement of ideas; administrative level; level; stage; phase
檔[档]次 dang4ci4: grade; class; quality; level
人次 ren2ci4: person-times; visits; measure word for number of people participating
依次 yi1ci4: in order; in succession



Japanese common word | expression
次々 | つぎつぎ tsugi tsugi
: in succession; one by one

次々に | つぎつぎに tsugi tsugi ni
: one by one; one after another; successively

次の一手 | つぎのいって tsugi no itte
: next move

次のように | つぎのように tsugi no youni
: in the following manner; as follows

次回 | じかい jikai
: next time (occasion)

次代 | じだい jidai
: the next era

地獄の沙汰も金次第 | じごくのさたもかねしだい jigoku no satamo kane shidai
: Money talks. Money is the key that opens all doors. Money is the best lawyer in hell. Even in hell, the extent of one’s suffering is determined by money



Chinese expression | idiom
三番五次 san1 fan1 wu3 ci4
: over and over again

語無倫次 [语无伦次] yu3 wu2 lun2 ci4
: incoherent speech; to talk without rhyme or reason

一次又一次 yi1 ci4 you4 yi1 ci4
: repeatedly; over and over again

退而求其次 tui4 er2 qiu2 qi2 ci4
: to settle for second best; the next best thing

一次生,兩次熟 [一次生,两次熟] yi1 ci4 sheng1 , liang3 ci4 shu2
: unfamiliar at first but you get used to it; strangers are first meeting, but soon friends; an acquired taste

 Etymology:


会意 Associative Compound.
Person yawning 欠 (qian4: owe; lacking)
multiple times 二 (er4: two)()(bing1: ice radical 15)



形声 Pictophonetic.
(bing1: ice radical 15) suggests the meaning while
欠 (qian4: owe; lacking) provides the sound.

 Music:


次世代 – Wilber Pan 潘玮柏

Lyricist:潘瑋柏
Composer:潘瑋柏
Arranger:紀佳松

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

爆炸的節奏不間斷的Play 彷彿置身2012
No more tomorrow today
讓我們瘋狂的瘋狂的 用力揮別那揮別那
所有過去的過往的 We can party all night long

Bye bye bye bye say goodbye
跨進未來次世代 淘汰心中的陰霾
手全部伸起來 In the air air air Air air air
歡迎來到次世代 This is so futurish
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

凍結時空 秒針卻 拚命狂飆
你可以盡情放縱 大喊Goodbye Yesterday
讓我們瘋狂的瘋狂的 用力揮別那揮別那
所有過去的過去的 we can party all night long

Bye bye bye bye say goodbye
跨進未來次世代 淘汰心中的陰霾 手全部伸起來
In the air air air Air air air
歡迎來到次世代 This is so futurish
這是一個新的世代 舊的不去新的不來
如果過去待續未完 現在開始回到未來

就算時光倒流 我不會選擇回頭 挺起胸膛抬頭
一路向前走 It’s the future yo
不用再囉嗦 創造賦予正名一個 未來次世代
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

credit: Wilber Pan 潘玮柏

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary