NEXT 下一個次
IMMEDIATELY BEHIND a SEQUENCE of THINGS.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
Words (10 items)
明 míng OC: mraŋ MC: mɣaŋ 12 Attributions
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.
- Syntactic words
- vadN.adVnext; the next several; the ensuing (day)
次 cì OC: snʰis MC: tshi 12 Attributions
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.
- Syntactic words
- 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
其次 qí cì OC: ɡɯ snʰis MC: gɨ tshi 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPthe next best thing
- NPadSnext
詰 jié OC: khid MC: khit 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nadNnext 詰日,詰朝
復次 fù cì OC: buɡs snʰis MC: bɨu tshi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPadS1.postS2the second:, the next:
異 yì OC: p-lɯɡs MC: jɨ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vadNnext in time
來 lái OC: m-rɯɯ MC: ləi 0 Attributions
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.
- Syntactic words
- vadNthe next time unit, taking the present one as the point of departure
今來 jīn lái OC: krɯm m-rɯɯ MC: kim ləi 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadNOBI 2: [DK:] before a ganzhi this word was applied to days in the week that followed the current one.
羽 yǔ OC: ɢʷaʔ MC: ɦi̯o 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vadN.adSOBI: next
翌 yì OC: k-lɯɡ MC: jɨk 0 Attributions
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.
- Syntactic words
- nadNOBI: upcoming within the present decameron but not immediately next