| 次 |
cì zhī | to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) |
| 次 |
cì | next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 之 |
zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |