每次 (měi cì) — every time | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

每次 (měi cì) is the adverb for 'every time / each time,' used before a verb or at the start of a clause. It pairs naturally with 都 to mean 'every single time.'

adverb

every time

Examples

每次。
Wǒ měi cì qù chāo shì dōu mǎi yí gè píng guǒ.
Every time I go to the supermarket, I buy an apple.
每次。
měi cì Kǎo shì tā dōu hěn jǐn zhāng.
She gets very nervous every time she takes an exam.
每次，。
měi cì Xià yǔ, wǒ dōu huì xiǎng qǐ nà ge xià tiān.
Every time it rains, I think of that summer.

Origin

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

屮屮chè
母母mǔwoman

每 shows 母, a woman, with a top part resembling 屮. That part may represent a hairpin marking her as grown up, or a sprout marking her as ready to marry and have children.

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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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