其 次 qí cì next / secondly 来 to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next 下 down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action 下 面 xià mian below / under / next / the following 第 二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary 接 下 来 jiē xià lái to accept / to take / next / following 其 后 qí hòu next / later / after that 明 bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods 下 一 次 xià yī cì next 在 此 之 后 zài cǐ zhī hòu after this / afterwards / next 附 近 (in the) vicinity / nearby / neighboring / next to 下 一 页 xià yī yè next page 明 年 next year 近 日 jìn rì (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days 第 二 天 dì èr tiān next day / the morrow 下 次 xià cì next time 下 一 个 xià yī ge the next one 邻 居 lín jū neighbor / next door / CL:個|个[ge4] 下 一 步 xià yī bù the next step 隔 壁 gé bì next door / neighbor 次 日 cì rì next day / the morrow 下 一 代 xià yī dài the next generation 下 周 xià zhōu next week 贴 身 tiē shēn worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc) 下 页 xià yè next page 传 给 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation) 下 月 xià yuè next month 续 集 xù jí sequel / next episode (of TV series etc) 出 线 chū xiàn (sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success 下 辈 子 xià bèi zi the next life 升 学 shēng xué to enter the next grade school 车 模 chē mó car show girl / model who poses next to cars 来 世 lái shì afterlife / next life 来 生 lái shēng next life 下 回 xià huí next chapter / next time 下 个 月 xià gè yuè next month 来 年 lái nián next year / the coming year 此 起 彼 伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) 隔 天 gé tiān the next day / on alternate days 就 着 jiù zhe to be next to (colloquial) 后 事 hòu shì future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements 紧 靠 jǐn kào to be right next to / to lean closely against 紧 邻 jǐn lín to be right next to / close neighbor 翌 日 yì rì next day 微 乎 其 微 wēi hū qí wēi a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom) 即 日 jí rì this or that very day / in the next few days 陪 葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) 来 日 lái rì future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days 前 脚 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking) 不 日 bù rì within the next few days / in a few days time 至 亲 zhì qīn next of kin / closely related 下 星 期 xià xīng qī next week 下 届 xià jiè next office holder / next to serve 后 年 hòu nián the year after next 翌 年 yì nián the following year / the next year 直 系 亲 属 zhí xì qīn shǔ next of kin / immediate dependant 下 家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home 后 脚 hòu jiǎo (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking) 独 占 鳌 头 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field 比 邻 bǐ lín neighbor / next-door neighbor / near / next to 前 仆 后 继 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave 邻 座 lín zuò person in next seat / adjacent seat / neighbor 换 班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job 登 堂 入 室 dēng táng rù shì from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / to go to the next level / to attain a higher level 成 语 接 龙 chéng yǔ jiē lóng game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[cheng2 yu3] is the first of the next 弥 勒 佛 Mí lè fó Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha 次 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 交 班 jiāo bān to hand over to the next workshift 邻 接 lín jiē adjacent / next to 月 光 族 yuè guāng zú lit. moonlight group / fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang) 邻 舍 lín shè neighbor / person next door 亚 second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] 巴 to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail 传 帮 带 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation) 寅 吃 卯 粮 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later 重 译 chóng yì to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation) / to translate repeatedly from one language to the next (so multiplying errors) 埔 port / flat land next to a river or ocean 天 涯 若 比 邻 tiān yá ruò bǐ lín far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away 澡 身 浴 德 zǎo shēn yù dé to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom) / to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness 爽 然 若 失 shuǎng rán ruò shī at a loss / confused / not know what to do next 这 山 望 着 那 山 高 zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence 下 任 xià rèn next office holder / next to serve 下 世 xià shì to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation 传 代 chuán dài to pass to the next generation 大 后 年 dà hòu nián three years from now / year after year after next year 下 个 星 期 xià gè xīng qī next week 下 一 站 xià yī zhàn the next stop (of a bus etc) 且 听 下 回 分 解 qiě tīng xià huí fēn jiě to listen to the next chapter for an explanation 借 位 jiè wèi in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place 出 月 chū yuè next month / after this month 前 途 渺 茫 qián tú miǎo máng not knowing what to do next / at a loose end 嗣 岁 sì suì the following year / next year 成 何 体 统 chéng hé tǐ tǒng What a scandal! / Whatever next? 提 级 tí jí a step up / to rise to the next level 有 一 句 没 一 句 yǒu yī jù méi yī jù to speak one minute and be quiet the next 次 一 个 cì yī gè next one (in order) 海 内 存 知 己 ， 天 涯 若 比 邻 hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ , tiān yá ruò bǐ lín close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away 靠 走 廊 kào zǒu láng next to the aisle / aisle (seat on aircraft) 下 一 代 网 络 xià yī dài wǎng luò Next Generation Network 间 壁 jiàn bì next door / partition wall
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