Taxonomy of meanings for 次:　　

  • 次 cì (OC: snʰis MC: tsʰi) 七四切 去 廣韻：【次第也亦三宿曰次又姓吕氏春秋荆有勇士次非七四切九 】
    • NEXT
      • nsubj=nonhumanthe next important thing
      • v[adN]the next in line
      • vadNnext
      • vadSnext, next in line
      • vadVnext
      • vibe next in sequence, ensue; follow behind; come afterwards
      • vtoNbe next to; come after; abstract: be of secondary importance relatively to
      • what happens next> EVENT
        • ncpost-V1{NUM}:postadV2classifiertimes
        • action: put next> REPLACE
          • concrete sequence ORDERLY
              • abstract> ORDER
                • vtoNarrange in a reasoned sequence
                • nabone's turn (that one should wait for); proper place in a sequence
                • nabfigurativethe proper aesthetic sequence of thingsCH
                • npost-Nthe proper sequence of NDS
                • nabsocialposition in society, rankLZ
                • comprehensive> SYSTEM
                    • part of social system: abstract> RANK
                  • action> PREPARE
                • generalised> NEAR
                  • vtoNstativebe close to; be next to
                  • two objects> BETWEEN
                      • be between boundaries> BE IN
                      • feature: but not reaching in quality> BAD
                        • nsubjectthat which is the next best
                        • vibe inferior; be the next best
                  • military> DWELL
                    • nhalting place (of an army)
                    • vt(oN)OBI: camp for a few days (as of an army in a military campaign), encampTAKASHIMA: all occurrences of the OBI graph (commonly transcribed as 次 ) with a horizontal stroke undertneath the graph are verbal, whereas all nominal uses of the graph do not have this horizontal stroke.
                    • vt+prep+Nmake a halt in; spend some days in
                    • object: for an activity> PLACE
                      • nplace where something takes place or is conducted
                      • continuative> REMAIN
                        • building> DWELLING
                          • nthe place where one stays, near the tomb of one's parents, after these have died, for a period of three years
                        • for trade> MARKET
                      • grammaticalised> THEREUPON
                        • nadS1.postS2thereupon
                        • logical> THEN
                            • temporal> WHEN
                              • npost-S1.adS2at the time when; on an occasion when (late Tang) frequently appearing in the construction: 因... 次
                        • =恣 UNRESTRAINED
                        • 次 zī《集韻》津私切，平脂精。脂部。
                          • 次 cí《集韻》才資切，平脂從。

                              Additional information about 次

                              說文解字: 【次】，不前不精也。 〔小徐本無「也」。〕 从欠、二聲。 【七四切】 【𠕞(𦮏)】，古文次。

                                Criteria
                              • METHOD

                                1. The most general word for method or technique is shù 術, and the professional technique here referred is typically publicly accessible.

                                2. Fāng 方 refers to a professional and often esoteric and/or recondite skill or trick.

                                3. Fǎ 法 is a regular rule-governed procedure governing the proper exercise of a skill.

                                4. Dào 道 is a way of being as well as a way of doing things, and this Way may be either exoteric or esoteric.

                                5. Duān 端 refers to a basic method or the important features of a method.

                                學有次第而後大成 "When study has method, only then will it greatly succeed." ( 宋. 歐陽修 )

                              • NEXT

                                1. The current general word referring to the next member of a contextually determinate series is cì 次 (ant. qián 前 "preceding"), and the series can be temporal as well as spatial or indeed abstract.

                                2. Míng 明 (ant. zuó 昨 "yester-" and zǎo 早 "earlier") refers specifically to the next member of a temporal series of days, months, or years, and míng rì 明日 does not mean "tomorrow" but can refer to tomorrow and must always be understood as "the next day, counting from the other contextually definite day". The other contextually definite day can be, but need not be, the "today" of the speech act in which the word occurs.

                                3. Lái 來 (ant. wǎng 往 "preceding" and xī 昔 ) is a deictic expression and refers specifically to the next member of the temporal series beginning with the present time.

                                4. Yì 翌 is the ancient OBI word for a period of time that is imminent, and the word always retained a literary, elevated, and even antiquated flavour.

                              • ORDER

                                1. The current general term for the orderly sequential arrangement of things is cì 次.

                                2. Xù 序 refers to the proper (often hierarchical) sequence of things.

                                3. Zhì 秩 simply refers abstractly to the absence of arbitrariness in a sequence.

                              • IMPORTANT

                                1. The most general term for the relative importance and crucial nature of something is yào 要 (ant. xì 細 ).

                                2. Zhòng 重 (ant. qīng 輕 "of no consequence") focusses on what carries considerable weight in a certain context.

                                3. Zhǔ 主 (ant. cì 次 "secondary") refers to what is crucial and primary, or dominant, in a certain context.

                                4. Běn 本 (ant. mò 末 ) refers to what is basic and and a matter of substance in a context.

                                5. Shǒu 首 (wěi 尾 / mò 末 ) refers what deserves to come first or what deserves to be regarded of first importance.

                                6. Jí 極 refers to the ultimate most elevated point of something.

                                7. Jī 機 refers to the crucial mechanism that makes something work properly.

                              • DWELL

                                1. The current general words for dwelling in a place for some considerable time are jū 居 and chǔ 處 (all ant. xíng 行 "travel").

                                2. Shè 舍 and sù 宿 refer to spending the night in a certain place.

                                3. Guǎn 館 refers to spending the night in a visitor's hostel (which is China's ancient answer to a hotel).

                                4. Qī 棲 refers to a temporary or non-voluntary stay of any length, typically of an informal kind. See ROOST

                                5. Xìn 信 is sometimes used as a technical term for staying in a place for two nights.

                                6. Cì 次 is sometimes used as a technical term for spending more than two days in a certain place.

                                7. Jì 寄 and yù 寓 refer to staying in some place for a strictly limited space of time.

                                8. Jùn 軍 refers specifically to an army encamping in a certain place for a limited time.

                                NB: Zhù 住 is post-Buddhist (SIX DYNASTIES)