次	1018A15   63A.81-9	部居	畫數  6	ㄘˋ [ci4] .
N	(1)  Order, sequence: 次序，次第，次比 [ci4xU4], [ci4di4], [ci4bi4]↓; 依次 one by one in order; 位次 seating arrangement; 官次 official rank. (2)  Number of times, time or instance: 次數 [ci4shu4]↓; 多次 many times; 第一次 the first time; 再次 a second time; 歷次 many times in the past. (3)  Location, stopping place during travel: 客次，旅次 while sojourning abroad; 舟次 during voyage; 胸次 (lit.) the chest region, (fig.) mental attitude (broad- or narrow-mindedness). (4)  Time: 正行之次 while walking.
V	(AC) to stop over (at some place).
Adj	(1)  The second, the next: 次子，次媳 second son, daughter-in-law; 次日，次年 the next day, year; 居次 stand as number two; 次之 next to it; 其次 the next in order or importance; 次於 next to s.t. in order or importance; 次要 next in importance. (2)  Second-rate: 次等，次貨 [ci4deng3], [ci4huo4]↓; 求其次 look for the second best; 人頭太次 (coll.) has too few friends or social contacts.
Words	1.次比 [ci4bi4], (1)  n., order of arrangement; (2)  (AC) to rank with.  2.次等 [ci4deng3], adj., second-class, grade.  3.次第 [ci4di4], (1)  n., order, sequence; n., main threads; (2)  adv., one after another.  4.次骨 [ci4gu3], phr., (AC)＝刺骨 cut to the bones (sharp wind, law).  5.次貨 [ci4huo4], n., second-rate merchandise.  6.次長 [ci4zhang3], n., vice-minister.  7.次篆 [ci1zhuan4], n., (LL) person's “second” or poetic name.  8.次席 [ci4xi2], n., second highest seat.  9.次數 [ci4shu4], n., number of times.  10.次序 [ci4xU4] ([ci4xU0]), n., order of sequence.  11.次印 [ci4yin4], n., see [ci4zhuan4]↑.  12.次韻 [ci4yUn4], v.i., to write poem with same rhyme words as those used in a previous poem by a friend, usu. about same occasion.