| 一次 | yī cì | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) |
| 次 | cì | next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 多次 | duō cì | many times; repeatedly |
| 其次 | qí cì | next; secondly |
| 每次 | měi cì | every time |
| 次数 | cì shù | frequency; number of times; ordinal number |
| 再次 | zài cì | one more time; again; one more; once again |
| 依次 | yī cì | in order; in succession |
| 次序 | cì xù | sequence; order |
| 第二次世界大战 | Dì èr Cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn | World War II |
| 次要 | cì yào | secondary |
| 层次 | céng cì | arrangement of ideas; administrative level; level; stage; phase |
| 一次方程 | yī cì fāng chéng | linear equation |
| 二次方程 | èr cì fāng chéng | quadratic equation |
| 次之 | cì zhī | second (in a competition); occupying second place |
| 次日 | cì rì | next day; the morrow |
| 首次 | shǒu cì | first; first time; for the first time |
| 顺次 | shùn cì | in order; in proper sequence |
| 上次 | shàng cì | last time |
| 初次 | chū cì | first; for the first time; primary; tentative |
| 屡次 | lǚ cì | repeatedly; time and again |
| 历次 | lì cì | each (item in sequence); successive |
| 次生 | cì shēng | derivative; secondary; sub- |
| 仅次于 | jǐn cì yú | second only to...; (in second place) preceded only by... |
| 第一次世界大战 | Dì yī cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn | World War One |
| 渐次 | jiàn cì | gradually; one by one |
| 名次 | míng cì | position in a ranking of names |
| 人次 | rén cì | person-times; visits; classifier for number of people participating |
| 下次 | xià cì | next time |
| 次品 | cì pǐn | substandard products; defective; seconds |
| 二次革命 | èr cì gé mìng | second revolution; campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords |
| 次氯酸 | cì lǜ suān | hypochlorous acid HOCl (bleach) |
| 次长 | cì zhǎng | deputy chief |
| 次生林 | cì shēng lín | secondary growth of forest |
| 次子 | cì zǐ | second son |
| 逐次 | zhú cì | gradually; one after another; little by little |
| 次第 | cì dì | order; sequence; one after another |
| 位次 | wèi cì | place (in numbered sequence); degree on employment scale |
| 次于 | cì yú | second after; second only to |
| 班次 | bān cì | order of classes or grades at school; number of runs or flights |
| 次等 | cì děng | second class; second rate |
| 三番五次 | sān fān wǔ cì | (saying) do over and over again |
| 档次 | dàng cì | grade; class; quality; level |
| 一次函数 | yī cì hán shù | linear function (math.) |
| 一次又一次 | yī cì yòu yī cì | repeatedly; over and over again |
| 一次性 | yī cì xìng | one-off (offer); one-time; single-use; disposable (goods) |
| 一次方程式 | yī cì fāng chéng shì | linear equation (math.) |
一次生，
两次熟 | yī cì shēng ,
liǎng cì shú | unfamiliar at first but you get used to it; strangers are first meeting, but soon friends; an acquired taste |
| 三次 | sān cì | third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) |
| 三次幂 | sān cì mì | cube (third power, math.) |
