次 cì 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 syn 经 經 jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn 频道 頻道 pín dào frequency / (television) channel syn 通道 tōng dào (communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage syn 管道 guǎn dào tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means 途径 途徑 tú jìng way / means / channel syn 渠道 qú dào irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means syn 灌输 灌輸 guàn shū to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place syn 航道 háng dào waterway / ship channel syn 二等 èr děng second class / second-rate 二流 èr liú second-rate / second-tier syn 海峡 海峽 hǎi xiá strait / channel 纳入 納入 nà rù to bring into / to channel into / to integrate into / to incorporate 阴沟 陰溝 yīn gōu sewer / underground drainage channel syn 泽西 澤西 zé xī Jersey (Channel Islands) 闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn 沟渠 溝渠 gōu qú channel / moat / irrigation canal syn 导入 導入 dǎo rù to introduce into / to channel / to lead / to guide into / to import (data) 次于 次於 cì yú second after / second only to syn 通路 tōng lù thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel syn 信道 xìn dào (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them 河道 hé dào river course / river channel syn 英吉利海峡 英吉利海峽 yīng jí lì hǎi xiá English Channel 声道 聲道 shēng dào sound track / audio channel 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 经脉 經脈 jīng mài channel of TCM syn 调拨 調撥 diào bō to send (products) / to allocate / to commit (funds) / to channel (goods) syn 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) 二副 èr fù second officer (of ship) / second mate 第二次 dì èr cì the second time / second / number two 二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two) 引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) syn 转台 轉台 zhuǎn tái to change the channel (TV) 明渠 míng qú (open, uncovered) water channel / canal 秒 miǎo second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly 槽 cáo trough / manger / groove / channel / (Tw) (computing) hard drive syn 乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105° 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 海峡群岛 海峽群島 hǎi xiá qún dǎo Channel Islands 主航道 zhǔ háng dào main channel 引河 yǐn hé irrigation channel 暗渠 àn qú underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 下 xià 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 syn 从 從 zòng second cousin syn 行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 第二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary syn 亚 亞 yà second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3] syn 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn 一瞬间 一瞬間 yī shùn jiān split second syn 再生 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration syn 二级 二級 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B 二手 èr shǒu indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant 少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank) 似曾相识 似曾相識 sì céng xiāng shí déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted 二月 èr yuè February / second month (of the lunar year) syn 旧货 舊貨 jiù huò second-hand goods / used items for sale syn 亚军 亞軍 yà jūn second place (in a sports contest) / runner-up 人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as 二手货 二手貨 èr shǒu huò second-hand goods / used goods 二手车 二手車 èr shǒu chē second-hand car 义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts syn 仲夏 zhòng xià midsummer / second month of summer syn 二把手 èr bǎ shǒu deputy leader / the second-in-command syn 数一数二 數一數二 shǔ yī shǔ èr (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one syn 仅次于 僅次于 jǐn cì yú second only to ... / ranking behind only ... syn 旧书 舊書 jiù shū second-hand book / old book / ancient book syn 转念 轉念 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of 其二 qí èr secondly / the other (usu. of two) / the second syn 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 争分夺秒 爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count syn 次子 cì zǐ second son 秒钟 秒鐘 miǎo zhōng (time) second 刹那 剎那 chà nà an instant (Sanskrit: ksana) / split second / the twinkling of an eye syn 分秒必争 分秒必爭 fēn miǎo bì zhēng seize every minute and second (idiom) / not a minute to lose / every moment counts syn 首屈一指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ to count as number one (idiom) / second to none / outstanding syn 下半年 xià bàn nián second half of the year 中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand 阳平 陽平 yáng píng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua syn 征调 征調 zhēng diào to conscript / to second (personnel) / to requisition (supplies etc) 二分 èr fēn second part / the equinox 二房 èr fáng second branch of an extended family / concubine syn 再版 zài bǎn second edition / reprint syn 秒针 秒針 miǎo zhēn second hand (of a clock) 复试 復試 fù shì to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam 乙巳 yǐ sì forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025 罗城 羅城 luó chéng a second wall built around a city wall 霎时 霎時 shà shí in a split second syn 兼营 兼營 jiān yíng a second job / supplementary way of making a living 霎时间 霎時間 shà shí jiān in a split second syn 歇后语 歇後語 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part) 李四 lǐ sì Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry 次女 cì nǚ second daughter 孟子 mèng zǐ Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism 次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) syn 乙未 yǐ wèi thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015 见缝插针 見縫插針 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch syn 平声 平聲 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin 附议 附議 fù yì to second a motion 