次第

Language

Chinese

		number of times; order; sequence number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)	(ordinal prefix); ‑th; rank
trad. (次第)		次	第
simp. ^#(次第)		次	第

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cìdì

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ dai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhù-tē / chhìr-tē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cìdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìhdì
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-ti⁴
  - Yale: tsz̀-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhdih
  - Palladius: цыди (cydi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci³ dai⁶
  - Yale: chi daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³ dei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ tɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-tē
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'de
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ te³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-tē
  - Tâi-lô: tshìr-tē
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: tshijH dejH

Rime
Character	次	第
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	七四切	特計切
Baxter	tshijH	dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪ^H/	/dei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰi^H/	/dei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɪ^H/	/dɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰi^H/	/dɛj^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰi^H/	/dei^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰi^H/	/diei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi^H/	/dʱiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci³	dai⁶

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Noun

次第Category:Chinese lemmas#欠02竹05 Category:Chinese nouns#欠02竹05 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#欠02竹05 Category:Pages with entries#次第 Category:Pages with 2 entries#次第

(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#欠02竹05) order; sequence
(obsolete Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#欠02竹05) circumstances; situation
- 到黃昏、點點滴滴。這次第，怎一個愁字了得！ [Ci, trad.]
  到黄昏、点点滴滴。这次第，怎一个愁字了得！ [Ci, simp.]
  From: circa 1129, Li Qingzhao (李清照Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#次第 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#次第),《聲聲慢》, translated by Lin Yutang
  Dào huánghūn, diǎndiǎndīdī. Zhè cìdì, zěn yīge chóu zì liǎodé! [Pinyin]
  At dusk: pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat!
  Is this a mood and moment only to be called "sad"?
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Verb

次第Category:Chinese lemmas#欠02竹05 Category:Chinese verbs#欠02竹05 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#欠02竹05 Category:Pages with entries#次第 Category:Pages with 2 entries#次第

(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#欠02竹05) to sort; to arrange ... in order
- 次道既以類廣白詩，自為序，而未考次其作之先後。余得其書，乃考其先後而次第之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  次道既以类广白诗，自为序，而未考次其作之先后。余得其书，乃考其先后而次第之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1064, 曾鞏 (Zeng Gong)Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#次第 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#次第,《李白詩集後序》(Postscript to the Poetry Collection of Li Bai)
  Cìdào jì yǐ lèi guǎng Bái shī, zì wéi xù, ér wèi kǎo cì qí zuò zhī xiānhòu. Yú dé qí shū, nǎi kǎo qí xiānhòu ér cìdì zhī. [Pinyin]
  Since Cidao has categorised and supplemented Li Bai's poetry and prefaced but the order is yet to be sorted, after receiving this book, I examined the order of each poem and arranged them accordingly.
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Adverb

次第Category:Chinese lemmas#欠02竹05 Category:Chinese adverbs#欠02竹05 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#欠02竹05 Category:Pages with entries#次第 Category:Pages with 2 entries#次第

(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#欠02竹05) one after another; in turn
- 餘存二十餘，次第知落矣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  余存二十余，次第知落矣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 803, Han Yu (韓愈Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#次第 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#次第),《落齒》, translated by Stephen Owen
  Yú cún èrshí yú, cìdì zhī luò yǐ. [Pinyin]
  The remaining ones, twenty-odd,
  I know they'll fall in succession and that's it.
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- 長安回望繡成堆，山頂千門次第開。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  长安回望绣成堆，山顶千门次第开。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 850, Du Mu (杜牧Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#次第 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#次第),《過華清宮》, translated by Zhu Manhua
  Cháng'ān huíwàng xiù chéngduī, shāndǐng qiānmén cìdì kāi. [Pinyin]
  Looking back Capital City's embroidered-like mountain,
  The hilly top palace's series of gates consecutively open.
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations
- 羅浮山下四時春，盧橘楊梅次第新。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  罗浮山下四时春，卢橘杨梅次第新。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: circa 1095~1097, Su Shi (蘇軾Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#次第 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#次第), Eating Litchis (《食荔支二首（其二）》)
  Luófú shānxià sìshí chūn, lújú yángméi cìdì xīn. [Pinyin]
  At the foot of Mount Luofu, it is spring all year round; Loquat and red bayberry ripen successively.
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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
次	第
し Grade: 3	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しだい [shìdáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕida̠i]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#したい'

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Noun

次(し)第(だい) • (shidaiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#次第 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#次第) Category:Japanese lemmas#したい'Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#したい'Category:Japanese nouns#したい'Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#したい'Category:Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji#したい'Category:Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji#したい'Category:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#したい'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#したい'Category:Pages with entries#次第 Category:Pages with 2 entries#次第

Suffix

次(し)第(だい) • (-shidaiCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#次第 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#次第) Category:Japanese lemmas#したい'Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#したい'Category:Japanese suffixes#したい'Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#したい'Category:Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji#したい'Category:Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji#したい'Category:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#したい'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#したい'Category:Pages with entries#次第 Category:Pages with 2 entries#次第

dependent on, as soon as
信(しん)じるかどうかは君(きみ)次第(しだい)
shinjiru ka dō ka wa kimishidai
Whether to believe or not is up to you.
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情報(じょうほう)が入(はい)りしだいお伝(つた)えします。
Jōhō ga hairishidai o tsutae shimasu.
We will report information as soon as it comes in.
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- 2024, 大濱健悟 (Ōhama Kengo), “雑踏、僕らの街 [Hustle and Bustle, Our City]”, performed by トゲナシトゲアリ:
  
  何(なに)もかも君(きみ)次(し)第(だい)で僕(ぼく)次(し)第(だい)さ
  nani mo ka mo kimishidai de bokushidai sa
  Everything depends on you and on me.
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Usage notes

Expresses that the action of a verb or an action implied by a preceding noun is a prerequisite for another action.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
次	第
ついで
Grade: 3	Grade: 3
jukujikun

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 次#ついて'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#ついて'Category:Japanese terms spelled with 第#ついて'Category:Japanese terms read with jukujikun#ついて'

For pronunciation and definitions of 次第 – see the following entry.

【次ついで】3

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[noun] order, sequence

[noun] follower, successor; the next thing in a sequence

[noun] occasion, opportunity, doing something incidental to something else

Alternative spellings
序, 序で, 第, 次いで, 尋いで, 嗣

(This term, 次第, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#したい'Category:Pages with entries#次第 Category:Pages with 2 entries#次第

References

↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#次第 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#次第 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“次第”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

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