Usage of the character 次

Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱／袁世凯 ( Yuán Shìkǎi) and the Northern Warlords

èrcìqūmiàn

二次曲面

[二次曲面]

quadric surface (geometry)

cìshēngzāihài

次生灾害

[次生災害]

secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods)

tīcìduìxíng

梯次队形

[梯次隊形]

echelon formation (military)

yīcìzǒngfù

一次总付

[一次總付]

lump-sum (finance)

páiliècìxù

排列次序

[排列次序]

ranking
ordering in list

céngcìfēnmíng

层次分明

[層次分明]

layered; structured; made up of distinct parts

bùzhǐyīcì

不止一次

[不止一次]

many times
on more than one occasion

líncìzhìbǐ

鳞次栉比

[鱗次櫛比]

row upon row

yīcìfāngchéng

一次方程

[一次方程]

linear equation

jǐcìsānfān

几次三番

[幾次三番]

lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
over and over again

Pǔcìmáosī

朴次茅斯

[樸次茅斯]

Portsmouth, southern English seaport

cìjídàikuǎn

次级贷款

[次級貸款]

subprime lending
abbr. to 次貸／次贷 (cìdài)

guówùcìqīng

国务次卿

[國務次卿]

Under Secretary of State

Ercì Dàzhàn

二次大战

[二次大戰]

World War Two

sānfānliǎngcì

三番两次

[三番兩次]

repeatedly (idiom)

yǔwúlúncì

语无伦次

[語無倫次]

incoherent speech
to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)

měizhōuyīcì

每周一次

[每週一次]

once a week

yīcìhánshù

一次函数

[一次函數]

linear function (math.)

èrcìqūxiàn

二次曲线

[二次曲線]

quadratic curve (geometry)
conic

sāncìfāngchéng

三次方程

[三次方程]

cubic equation (math.)

kāisāncìfāng

开三次方

[開三次方]

(math.) to extract a cube root

èrcìhánshù

二次函数

[二次函數]

quadratic function

lìkècìtǐ

立克次体

[立克次體]

Rickettsia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)

zhúcìjìnsì

逐次近似

[逐次近似]

successive approximate values (idiom)

qīngzhòngzhǔcì

轻重主次

[輕重主次]

to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point)
lacking a sense of perspective
to put the cart before the horse

sāncìqūxiàn

三次曲线

[三次曲線]

cubic curve (geometry)

èrcìduōxiàngshì

二次多项式

[二次多項式]

quadratic polynomial

yīcìfāngchéngshì

一次方程式

[一次方程式]

linear equation (math.)

tuì'érqiúqícì

退而求其次

[退而求其次]

to settle for second best
the next best thing

yīcìyòuyīcì

一次又一次

[一次又一次]

repeatedly
over and over again

cìyàliúsuānnà

次亚硫酸钠

[次亞硫酸鈉]

sodium hyposulfide Na2S2O3 (hypo)

Ehuòcìkè Hǎi

鄂霍次克海

[鄂霍次克海]

Sea of Okhotsk

Ercì Shìjiè Dàzhàn

二次世界大战

[二次世界大戰]

World War Two

shǒucìzhùshìshíjiān

首次注视时间

[首次注視時間]

first fixation duration

lìshìlìkècìtǐ

立氏立克次体

[立氏立克次體]

Rickettsia rickettsii

xūqiúcéngcìlǐlùn

需求层次理论

[需求層次理論]

(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)

shǒucìgōngkāizhāogǔ

首次公开招股

[首次公開招股]

initial public offering (IPO)

cìjídǐyādàikuǎn

次级抵押贷款

[次級抵押貸款]

subprime mortgage

pǔshìlìkècìtǐ

普氏立克次体

[普氏立克次體]

Rickettsia prowazekii

Dà Méigōnghécìqūyù

大湄公河次区域

[大湄公河次區域]

Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), area of economic cooperation between China and Vietnam

Dì'èr Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn

第二次世界大战

[第二次世界大戰]

World War II

Dìyīcì Shìjiè Dàzhàn

第一次世界大战

[第一次世界大戰]

World War One

duōcéngcìfēnxīmóxíng

多层次分析模型

[多層次分析模型]

multilevel analysis model

yīcìshēng,liǎngcìshú

一次生，两次熟

[一次生，兩次熟]

unfamiliar at first but you get used to it
strangers are first meeting, but soon friends
an acquired taste

cìjífángwūxìndàiwēijī

次级房屋信贷危机

[次級房屋信貸危機]

subprime mortgage crisis

Dà Méigōnghécìqūyùhézuò

大湄公河次区域合作

[大湄公河次區域合作]

Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), economic cooperation program between China and Vietnam

Dì'èrcì Hànzì Jiǎnhuà Fāng'àn

第二次汉字简化方案

[第二次漢字簡化方案]

Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
abbr. to 二簡／二简 (èrjiǎn)

shàngyīcìdàng,xuéyīcìguāi

上一次当，学一次乖

[上一次當，學一次乖]

to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
once bitten, twice shy