| 1 | 次 | 次 | cì | ci4 | 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 | | |
| 2 | 次数 | 次數 | cì shù | ci4 shu4 | number of times; frequency; order number (in a series); power (math.); degree of a polynomial (math.) | | |
| 3 | 次要 | 次要 | cì yào | ci4 yao4 | secondary | | |
| 4 | 次序 | 次序 | cì xù | ci4 xu4 | sequence; order | | |
| 5 | 次日 | 次日 | cì rì | ci4 ri4 | next day; the morrow | | |
| 6 | 次方言 | 次方言 | cì fāng yán | ci4 fang1 yan2 | subdialect | | |
| 7 | 次长 | 次長 | cì zhǎng | ci4 zhang3 | deputy chief | | |
| 8 | 次韵 | 次韻 | cì yùn | ci4 yun4 | reply to a poem in the same rhyme | | |
| 9 | 次元 | 次元 | cì yuán | ci4 yuan2 | dimension (loanword, from Japanese) | | |
| 10 | 次于 | 次於 | cì yú | ci4 yu2 | second after; second only to | | |
| 11 | 次一个 | 次一個 | cì yī gè | ci4 yi1 ge4 | next one (in order) | | |
| 12 | 次正装 | 次正裝 | cì zhèng zhuāng | ci4 zheng4 zhuang1 | smart casual attire | | |
| 13 | 次亚硫酸钠 | 次亞硫酸鈉 | cì yà liú suān nà | ci4 ya4 liu2 suan1 na4 | sodium hyposulfide Na2S2O3 (hypo) | | |
| 14 | 次之 | 次之 | cì zhī | ci4 zhi1 | second (in a competition); occupying second place | | |
| 15 | 次溴酸 | 次溴酸 | cì xiù suān | ci4 xiu4 suan1 | hypobromous acid HOBr | | |
| 16 | 次文化 | 次文化 | cì wén huà | ci4 wen2 hua4 | subculture | | |
| 17 | 次重量级 | 次重量級 | cì zhòng liàng jí | ci4 zhong4 liang4 ji2 | middle heavyweight (boxing etc) | | |
| 18 | 次生灾害 | 次生災害 | cì shēng zāi hài | ci4 sheng1 zai1 hai4 | secondary disaster (e.g. epidemic following floods) | | |
| 19 | 次生林 | 次生林 | cì shēng lín | ci4 sheng1 lin2 | secondary growth of forest | | |
| 20 | 次声波 | 次聲波 | cì shēng bō | ci4 sheng1 bo1 | infrasonic wave | | |
| 21 | 次子 | 次子 | cì zǐ | ci4 zi3 | second son | | |
| 22 | 次级 | 次級 | cì jí | ci4 ji2 | secondary | | |
| 23 | 次大陆 | 次大陸 | cì dà lù | ci4 da4 lu4 | subcontinent (e.g. the Indian subcontinent) | | |
| 24 | 次贷 | 次貸 | cì dài | ci4 dai4 | subprime lending; abbr. for 次级贷款 | | |
| 25 | 次贷危机 | 次貸危機 | cì dài wēi jī | ci4 dai4 wei1 ji1 | subprime mortgage crisis; abbr. for 次级房屋信贷危机 | | |