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 二等 èr děng second class / second-rate 二流 èr liú second-rate / second-tier syn 次于 次於 cì yú second after / second only to syn 谋士 謀士 móu shì skilled manipulator / tactician / strategist / advisor / counsellor 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) 秒 miǎo second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly 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 策士 cè shì strategist / counsellor on military strategy syn 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 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 二哥 èr gē second brother 第二代 dì èr dài second generation 第二轮 第二輪 dì èr lún second round (of match, or election) 大二 dà èr second-year university student 二代 èr dài second generation 第二位 dì èr wèi second place 壮族 壯族 zhuàng zú Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group 二奶 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover syn 千兆 qiān zhào giga- / (computer networking) gigabits per second / 1000Base-T 八路军 八路軍 bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) syn 二度 èr dù again / twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes) 李世民 lǐ shì mín Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649 第二季度 dì èr jì dù second quarter (of financial year) 成性 chéng xìng to become second nature / by nature 太宗 tài zōng posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418 乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 第二职业 第二職業 dì èr zhí yè second job 汉书 漢書 hàn shū History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls 顺治 順治 shùn zhì reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662) 春联 春聯 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) syn 榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2] 宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925 卢沟桥 盧溝橋 lú gōu qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1] 耐看 nài kàn able to withstand careful appreciation / well worth a second look 宋美龄 宋美齡 sòng měi líng Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife 二轮 二輪 èr lún second round (of a match or election) 曹丕 cáo pī Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher 乙丑 yǐ chǒu second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045 乙卯 yǐ mǎo fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035 