What does 次 mean in Chinese?

次 (cì) means "time (occurrence)" in Chinese.

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Q: How do you use 次 in a sentence?

我去过两次北京。 (Wǒ qù guo liǎng cì Běijīng.) — I have been to Beijing twice.

Pinyin: cì

time (occurrence)

🏮 Chinese HSK 2 🔢 Numbers & Measure

Example sentence

我去过两次北京。

Wǒ qù guo liǎng cì Běijīng.

I have been to Beijing twice.

What 次 means

次 (cì) is a Chinese word meaning “time (occurrence)”. It belongs to the Numbers & Measure topic and appears at HSK 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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HSK 2

两 liǎng two (before measure words) 百 bǎi hundred 千 qiān thousand 元 yuán yuan (currency) 张 zhāng measure word (flat things) 件 jiàn measure word (clothes; matters) 公斤 gōng jīn kilogram 号 hào date; number 小时 xiǎo shí hour

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