Chinese word

下次

Pronunciation

Pinyinxià cì

Meaning

  • nounnext time

Example

下次我会早点到。xià cì wǒ huì záo diǎn dào

Next time, I will arrive earlier.

Illustration for 下次 (next time)

More examples

我们下次见。wǒ men xià cì jiàn

See you next time.

Core concept

The next slot in a repeating series of occasions.

Common phrases

  • 下次见xià cì jiàn

    see you next time

  • 下次再说xià cì zài shuō

    talk about it next time

Similar words

下一次xià yí cì: One particular occasion immediately following the present one.
以后yǐ hòu: A future time after now, without naming one particular occasion.

Definition in Chinese

用来表示随后发生的下一回或下一次机会，常作为时间名词或作为状语表示“下一次发生”的意思。yòng lái biǎo shì suí hòu fā shēng de xià yì huí huò xià yí cì jī huì cháng zuò wéi shí jiān míng cí huò zuò wéi zhuàng yǔ biǎo shì xià yí cì fā shēng de yì si

Word origin

The word joins 下 (xià, "later") with 次 (cì, "time or occasion"), making a compact label for one later occurrence.

Usage tips

  • English can make "next time" sound like a warning after a mistake, but 下次 (xiàcì, "next time") is still a neutral time expression; the surrounding sentence supplies the tone.

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