更次
gēng cì
Pinyin

Definition

更次
 - 
gēng cì
  1. one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

更
gēng
  1. 1 to change or replace
  2. 2 to experience
  3. 3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. 4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
更新
gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new
  2. 2 to renew
  3. 3 to renovate
  4. 4 to upgrade
  5. 5 to update
  6. 6 to regenerate
次
cì
  1. 1 next in sequence
  2. 2 second
  3. 3 the second (day, time etc)
  4. 4 secondary
  5. 5 vice-
  6. 6 sub-
  7. 7 infra-
  8. 8 inferior quality
  9. 9 substandard
  10. 10 order
  11. 11 sequence
  12. 12 hypo- (chemistry)
  13. 13 classifier for enumerated events: time
再次
zài cì
  1. 1 one more time
  2. 2 again
  3. 3 one more
  4. 4 once again
更加
gèng jiā
  1. 1 more (than sth else)
  2. 2 even more
更年期
gēng nián qī
  1. 1 menopause
  2. 2 andropause
次数
cì shù
  1. 1 number of times
  2. 2 frequency
  3. 3 order number (in a series)
  4. 4 power (math.)
  5. 5 degree of a polynomial (math.)
次方
cì fāng
  1. 1 (raised to the) nth power
一次性
yī cì xìng
  1. 1 one-off (offer)
  2. 2 one-time
  3. 3 single-use
  4. 4 disposable (goods)
三更
sān gēng
  1. 1 third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
  2. 2 midnight
  3. 3 also pr. [sān jīn]
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
三次元
sān cì yuán
  1. 1 three-dimensional
  2. 2 the real world (cf. 二次元[èr cì yuán])
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
上次
shàng cì
  1. 1 last time
下次
xià cì
  1. 1 next time
主次
zhǔ cì
  1. 1 the important and the less important
  2. 2 primary and secondary
人次
rén cì
  1. 1 person-times
  2. 2 visits
  3. 3 classifier for number of people participating
今次
jīn cì
  1. 1 this
  2. 2 the present (meeting etc)
  3. 3 this time
  4. 4 this once
以次
yǐ cì
  1. 1 in the proper order
  2. 2 the following
位次
wèi cì
  1. 1 place (in numbered sequence)
  2. 2 degree on employment scale

Idioms (14)

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
  1. 1 lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
  2. 2 over and over again
更有甚者
gèng yǒu shèn zhě
  1. 1 furthermore (idiom)
更深人静
gēng shēn rén jìng
  1. 1 deep at night and all is quiet (idiom)
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè
  1. 1 to stay up through the night (idiom)
百尺竿头，更尽一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù
  1. 1 lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do
  2. 2 to continue to further successes
  3. 3 not to rest on one's laurels
自力更生
zì lì gēng shēng
  1. 1 regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)
  2. 2 self-reliance
万象更新
wàn xiàng gēng xīn
  1. 1 (in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
语无伦次
yǔ wú lún cì
  1. 1 incoherent speech
  2. 2 to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
逐次近似
zhú cì jìn sì
  1. 1 successive approximate values (idiom)
除旧更新
chú jiù gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new (idiom)

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