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仅次于

jǐncìyú

second only to...; ranking behind only

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

second only to...; ranking behind only

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 仅次于 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 仅次于 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

对于仅次于伦敦、发展第二快的城市,这是个好消息。duì yú jǐn cì yú lún dūn、 fā zhǎn dì èr kuài de chéng shì, zhè shì gè hǎo xiāo xī。

For the UK's fastest growing city after London, this is good news.

许多科学家认为海豚是仅次于人类的最聪明的生物。也许有一天我们可以跟他们进行真正的交流。xǔ duō kē xué jiā rèn wéi hǎi tún shì jǐn cì yú rén lèi de zuì cōng míng de shēng wù。 yě xǔ yǒu yī tiān wǒ men kě yǐ gēn tā men jìn xíng zhēn zhèng de jiāo liú。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 仅次于.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 仅次于.

Directly before

  • 对于仅次于1
  • 是仅次于1

Directly after

  • 仅次于伦敦1
  • 仅次于人类1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 仅次于

What does 仅次于 mean in Chinese?

仅次于 (jǐncìyú) means second only to...; ranking behind only.

How do you pronounce 仅次于?

仅次于 is pronounced jǐncìyú.

Is 仅次于 an HSK word?

仅次于 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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