Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English

Description

“次”常常用来数事情发生了多少回,比如“这是我第三次来这里”。

它也可以表示顺序,像“下次”“上次”“这次”。

Meanings

time; occurrence (measure word)

我去过北京两次。

下次xiàcì

next time

下次我请你吃饭。

second; inferior in order or quality

这个东西质量太次了。

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Notes

  • Nuance

    次 counts repeatable actions; 遍 stresses the whole process from start to finish.

  • Etymology

    base sense is 'order/sequence,' extended to counting occurrences and to 'inferior.'

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