Measure word
- 次 cì next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard... attested in use
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 國, the traditional character: 国 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 13 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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1978年中国和日本签署了和平条约。
In 1978 a peace treaty was concluded between Japan and China.
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David Beckham是英国人。
David Beckham is English.
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Facebook用户数量超过美国人口。
The amount of people on Facebook is greater than the population of the United States of America.
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FSI人员：“长官，有一个网站，任何人都可以加上一个外国语言的句子！“。FSI主席：“什么？ 炸掉他们！“。
FSI officer: "Sir, there is a website where ANYONE can add a sentence in a foreign language!". FSI president: "What?! Bomb them!".
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Ken七月底要去美国了。
Ken is going to the United States at the end of July.
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Tatoeba： 因为从来不能遇到够多的法国人。
Tatoeba: Because you can't meet enough frenchies.
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Tatoeba: 因为你不能遇到够多的法国人。
Tatoeba: Because you can't meet enough frenchies.
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一个国家的风俗习惯反映了它的文化。
The manners and customs of a country reflect its culture.