次日

cìrì

noun HSK 7-9 #24,018

Meanings

1 next day
2 the following day
3 the morrow

Characters

next; secondary

Examples

HSK 3

次日，消息传遍了整个城市。

Cìrì, xiāoxi chuánbiàn le zhěnggè chéngshì.

The next day, the news spread throughout the entire city.

HSK 7-9

他们约好次日一早出发。

Tāmen yuēhǎo cìrì yīzǎo chūfā.

They agreed to set out early the next morning.

Tips

register

次日 is a literary/formal expression. In everyday conversation, people say 第二天 (the second day/next day). 次日 is commonly found in written narratives, news reports, and formal documents.

Stroke Order

次 cì

日 rì