次: next; time

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

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