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  *下* | 下* | *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
HSK 1
next time
HSK 1
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc)
HSK 1
next / secondly
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *次* | 次* | *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
HSK 1
next year
HSK 1
next week
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *來* | 來* | *來
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来)
HSK 1
the year after next
HSK 3
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
the next generation
HSK 7-9
next month
HSK 4
to enter the next grade school
HSK 6
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
next door / neighbor
HSK 5
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
the next stop (of a bus etc)
to pass on experience (to the next generation)
the next one
(in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days
HSK 6
to be right next to / to lean closely against
lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later
(biology) alternation of generations / (fig.) generational succession; passing of the torch from one generation to the next
any minute now; in next to no time / at every minute; constantly
next week
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *明* | 明* | *明
bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
next
the following day; next day
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)
HSK 7-9
(coll.) (gaming) to progress to the next level / to level up
second (of two parts) / next (week etc) / subsequent / the following
next month
to cut into; to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene)
next / later / after that
HSK 7-9
this or that very day / in the next few days
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *巴* | 巴* | *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 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
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
the next step
next office holder / next to serve
to hand over to the next workshift
not knowing what to do next / at a loose end
next day
to speak one minute and be quiet the next
see you next time
to be right next to / close neighbor
people who spend all their monthly earnings before the next payday
within the next few days / in a few days time
far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away
What a scandal! / Whatever next?
next day / the morrow
HSK 7-9
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
(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
next week
next life
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
after this / afterwards / next
next of kin / closely related
worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc)
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
next page
the next life
next page
player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home
at a loss / confused / not know what to do next
adjacent / next to
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
second / number two / next / secondary
neighbor / person next door
future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days
next-door neighbor
to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)
HSK 7-9
the following year; next year
next office holder / next to serve
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *屾* | 屾* | *屾
(literary) two mountains standing next to each other
(literary) next-door neighbor / near; next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
and then (what follows next)
HSK 7-9
next chapter / next time
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亞* | 亞* | *亞
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]
a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom)
to settle for second best / the next best thing
next day / the morrow
Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job
the next day / on alternate days
next to the aisle / aisle (seat on aircraft)
three years from now / year after year after next year
next of kin / immediate dependant
the following year / the next year
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
to listen to the next chapter for an explanation
to pass to the next generation
a step up / to rise to the next level
(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (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
to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation) / to translate repeatedly from one language to the next (so multiplying errors)
next one (in order)
lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level; to attain a higher level

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