次日 (cì rì) — next day; the following day (formal/literary)

Definition

A formal/literary term for 'the next day'. Pairs naturally with 当日 ('the same day') when contrasting timeframes.

noun

next daythe following day (formal/literary)

次日，。
cì rì Qīng chén, bù duì jì xù qián jìn.
Early the next morning, the troops continued to advance.
次日，。
Shì gù fā shēng zài cì rì zhōng wǔ, xìng wú rén shāng wáng.
The accident occurred at noon the next day; fortunately no one was injured.
次日。
Yuán dìng cì rì zhào kāi de fā bù huì yīn gù qǔ xiāo le.
The press conference originally scheduled for the following day was canceled for some reason.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

“次” means following or next, and “日” means day, together pointing to the day after.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old form of 次 shows a person exhaling, with the marks above the figure representing breath.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

Appears in