次序

Chinese

		number of times; order; sequence number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)	order; sequence; preface
trad. (次序)		次	序
simp. ^#(次序)		次	序
anagram		序次

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cìxù

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄒㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ zeoi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-si
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhù-sū / chhìr-sǐr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cìxù
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄒㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìhsyù
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-hsü⁴
  - Yale: tsz̀-syù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhshiuh
  - Palladius: цысюй (cysjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci³ zeoi⁶
  - Yale: chi jeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ dzoey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³ zêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ t͡sɵy̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-si
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii xi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ xi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ si⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-sū
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuosu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-sǐr
  - Tâi-lô: tshìr-sǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ²²/

Middle Chinese: tshijH zjoX

Rime
Character	次	序
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七四切	徐吕切
Baxter	tshijH	zjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪ^H/	/zɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰi^H/	/ziɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɪ^H/	/ziɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰi^H/	/zɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰi^H/	/ziɔ^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰi^H/	/zĭo^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi^H/	/zi̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci³	zeoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s-n̥]i[j]-s [sə.l]aʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰis ljaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	次	序
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cì	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ tshij^H ›	‹ zjo^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[s-n̥]i[j]-s/	/*[sə.l]aʔ/
English	put in order; second	walls at side of palace
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	次	序
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1794	15724
Phonetic component	次	予
Rime group	脂	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	次
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰis/	/*ljaʔ/
Notes	說文二聲，甲金文二或三劃，似人嘆氣諮嗟

Noun

次序

order; sequence
- 大小相次，不失其次序。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Dà xiǎo xiàng cì, bù shī qí cìxù. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

工序 (gōngxù) (work procedure)
序次 (xùcì)
條理 / 条理 (tiáolǐ)
步數 / 步数 (Min Nan)
步驟 / 步骤 (bùzhòu)
治安 (zhì'ān) (public order)
秩序 (zhìxù) (usually public order)
程序 (chéngxù)
節次 / 节次 (jiécì)
編次 / 编次 (biāncì)
順序 / 顺序 (shùnxù)
頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (次序):

→ Japanese: 次(じ)序(じょ) (jijo)
→ Vietnamese: thứ tự (次序)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 次序 – see 四序 (“thoughtful; considerate; comprehensive; attentive and satisfactory”). (This term is a variant form of 四序).