次次 (cì cì) — every time, each time (emphatic)

Definition

Emphatic 'every time' adverb, usually paired with 都. Stresses that the same thing happens without exception — stronger and more emphatic than 每次.

adverb

every timeeach time (emphatic)

次次，。
Tā cì cì dōu chí dào, zhēn ràng rén shòu bù liǎo.
He's late every time — it's really unbearable.
次次，。
Wǒ cì cì qù nà jiā diàn, lǎo bǎn dōu rèn de wǒ le.
Every time I go to that shop, the owner recognizes me.
次次，。
Kǎo shì cì cì dōu bù jí gé, tā hěn nán guò.
He fails the exam every time — he's very sad.

Reduplicated word

构词法gòucífǎ

重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

次 refers to an occasion, and 次次 means every occasion or every time.

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.

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