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次第
cì dì
Pinyin
Definition
次第
-
cì dì
order
sequence
one after another
Character Decomposition
次
冫
欠
第
⺮
弓
丨
㇒
Related Words
(20)
次
cì
1
next in sequence
2
second
3
the second (day, time etc)
4
secondary
5
vice-
6
sub-
7
infra-
8
inferior quality
9
substandard
10
order
11
sequence
12
hypo- (chemistry)
13
classifier for enumerated events: time
第
dì
1
(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
2
order
3
(old) rank in the imperial examinations
4
mansion
5
(literary) but
6
just
第一
dì yī
1
first
2
number one
3
primary
人次
rén cì
1
person-times
2
visits
3
classifier for number of people participating
再次
zài cì
1
one more time
2
again
3
one more
4
once again
次数
cì shù
1
number of times
2
frequency
3
order number (in a series)
4
power (math.)
5
degree of a polynomial (math.)
次方
cì fāng
1
(raised to the) nth power
第二
dì èr
1
second
2
number two
3
next
4
secondary
第五
dì wǔ
1
fifth
一次性
yī cì xìng
1
one-off (offer)
2
one-time
3
single-use
4
disposable (goods)
三次元
sān cì yuán
1
three-dimensional
2
the real world (cf. 二次元[èr cì yuán])
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
1
over and over again (idiom)
上次
shàng cì
1
last time
下次
xià cì
1
next time
主次
zhǔ cì
1
the important and the less important
2
primary and secondary
今次
jīn cì
1
this
2
the present (meeting etc)
3
this time
4
this once
以次
yǐ cì
1
in the proper order
2
the following
位次
wèi cì
1
place (in numbered sequence)
2
degree on employment scale
依次
yī cì
1
in order
2
in succession
仅次于
jǐn cì yú
1
second only to...
2
(in second place) preceded only by...
Idioms
(7)
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
1
over and over again (idiom)
上一次当,学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
1
to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
2
once bitten, twice shy
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
1
lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
2
over and over again
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
1
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
语无伦次
yǔ wú lún cì
1
incoherent speech
2
to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
逐次近似
zhú cì jìn sì
1
successive approximate values (idiom)
阖第光临
hé dì guāng lín
1
the whole family is invited (idiom)
Sample Sentences
这次第,怎一个愁字了得!
zhè cìdì ,zěn yī ge chóu zì liǎodé !
How can the word "gloomy" be sufficient to comprehend this scene!
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