Chinese symbol for “next”
其次
qí cì
next; secondly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for next is 其次 (qí cì), defined as: next; secondly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “next”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其后 (其後) | qí hòu | next; later |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards |
| 后脚 (後腳) | hòu jiǎo | (one moment ...,) the next ...; trailing foot (in walking) |
| 第二 | dì èr | second; number two |
| 明 | míng | bright; opposite: dark 暗 (àn) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 其次.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其他 | qí tā | other; (sth or sb) else |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in |
| 其实 (其實) | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 尤其 | yóu qí | especially; particularly |
| 及其 | jí qí | (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ... |
| 其它 | qí tā | (adjective) other |
| 一次 | yī cì | first; first time |
| 第一次 | dì yī cì | the first time; for the first time |
See also: Japanese symbol for “next”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.