下次 (xià cì) — next time | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

next time

Examples

下次。
Wǒ men xià cì zài tǎo lùn zhè ge wèn tí.
Let's discuss this issue again next time.
下次。
xià cì Nǐ jì de dài shēn fèn zhèng.
Remember to bring your ID card next time.
下次。
Xī wàng xià cì jiàn miàn néng gèng shùn lì.
I hope next time we meet can go more smoothly.

Origin

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.

'下' and '次' combine to mean the next occurrence.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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.

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