次

Meaning(vocab.word.pos.qv, adjective, vocab.word.pos.g)

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

Examples

• 我去过两次中国。

  wǒ qù guò liǎng cì zhōng guó.

  I've been to China twice.

• 这是我第一次坐飞机。

  zhè shì wǒ dì yī cì zuò fēi jī.

  This is my first time on a plane.

• 请再说一次。

  qǐng zài shuō yí cì.

  Please say it again.

Easily confused

• 遍 — 次 counts occurrences; 遍 stresses doing it through from start to finish (看了三遍).

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