次第

Chinese

		number of times; order; sequence number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)	(ordinal prefix); ‑th; rank
trad. (次第)		次	第
simp. #(次第)		次	第

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ dai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhù-tē / chhìr-tē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhdì
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhdih
    • Palladius: цыди (cydi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ dai⁶
    • Yale: chi daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ tɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-tē
    • Tâi-lô: tshù-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'de
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ te³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-tē
    • Tâi-lô: tshìr-tē
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshijH dejH

Rime
Character	次	第
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	七四切	特計切
Baxter	tshijH	dejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪH/	/deiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiH/	/deiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɪH/	/dɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiH/	/dɛjH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiH/	/deiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiH/	/dieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiH/	/dʱieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci3	dai6

Noun

次第

1. (literary) order; sequence
2. (obsolete) circumstances; situation

   • 到黃昏、點點滴滴。這次第，怎一個愁字了得！ [Ci, trad.]
     到黄昏、点点滴滴。这次第，怎一个愁字了得！ [Ci, simp.]

     From: circa 1129, Li Qingzhao (李清照),《聲聲慢》, translated by Lin Yutang

     Dào huánghūn, diǎndiǎndīdī. Zhè cìdì, zěn yīge chóu zì liǎodé! [Pinyin]

     At dusk: pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat!
     Is this a mood and moment only to be called "sad"?

Adverb

次第

1. (literary) one after another; in turn

   • 餘存二十餘，次第知落矣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     余存二十余，次第知落矣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 803, Han Yu (韓愈),《落齒》, translated by Stephen Owen

     Yú cún èrshí yú, cìdì zhī luò yǐ. [Pinyin]

     The remaining ones, twenty-odd,
     I know they'll fall in succession and that's it.

   • 長安回望繡成堆，山頂千門次第開。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     长安回望绣成堆，山顶千门次第开。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 850, Du Mu (杜牧),《過華清宮》, translated by Zhu Manhua

     Cháng'ān huíwàng xiù chéngduī, shāndǐng qiānmén cìdì kāi. [Pinyin]

     Looking back Capital City's embroidered-like mountain,
     The hilly top palace's series of gates consecutively open.

   • 羅浮山下四時春，盧橘楊梅次第新。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     罗浮山下四时春，卢橘杨梅次第新。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa 1095~1097, Su Shi (蘇軾), Eating Litchis (《食荔支二首（其二）》)

     Luófú shānxià sìshí chūn, lújú yángméi cìdì xīn. [Pinyin]

     At the foot of Mount Luofu, it is spring all year round; Loquat and red bayberry ripen successively.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
次	第
し Grade: 3	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しだい [shìdáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕida̠i]

Noun

次(し)第(だい) • (shidai) 

1. circumstances
2. order
3. dependent on, as soon as

   信(しん)じるかどうかは君(きみ)次第(しだい)

   shinjiru kadōka wa kimishidai

   Whether to believe or not is up to you.

   情報(じょうほう)が入(はい)りしだいお伝(つた)えします。

   Jōhō ga hairishidai o tsutae shimasu.

   We will report information as soon as it comes in.

   • 2024, 大濱健悟 (Ōhama Kengo) (lyrics and music), “雑踏、僕らの街 [Hustle and Bustle, Our City]”:

     何もかも君次第で 僕次第さ

     Everything depends on you and on me.

Usage notes

Expresses that the action of a verb or an action implied by a preceding noun is a prerequisite for another action