仅次于 meaning in English

jǐn cì yú

second only to ...; ranking behind only ...

HSK 7-9Traditional 僅次於13 strokes

Meaning of 仅次于

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jǐncìyú
  1. second only to ...; ranking behind only ...

仅次于 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

对duì于yú仅jǐn次cì于yú伦lún敦dūn、发fā展zhǎn第dì二èr快kuài的de城chéng市shì,这zhè是shì个gè好hǎo消xiāo息xī。
For the UK's fastest growing city after London, this is good news.
亚yà马mǎ逊xùn河hé的de长cháng度dù仅jǐn次cì于yú尼ní罗luó河hé,是shì世shì界jiè第dì二èr长zhǎng的de河hé。
The Amazon is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

仅 jǐn · barely · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

次 cì · next in sequence · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

于 yú · to go · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 仅次于.

下次xià cìnext time
上次shàng cìlast time
等于děngyúto equal; to be tantamount to
终于zhōngyúat last; in the end
属于shǔyúto belong to; to fall under (a category)
由于yóuyúdue to; as a result of
仅仅jǐnjǐnbarely; only
不仅bùjǐnnot just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
其次qícìnext; secondly
关于guānyúpertaining to; concerning
对于duìyúregarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
于是yúshìthereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

Questions about 仅次于

What does 仅次于 mean?

仅次于 (jǐn cì yú) means "second only to ...; ranking behind only ...".

How do you write 仅次于?

仅次于 is made of 3 characters: 仅 (4 strokes), 次 (6 strokes), 于 (3 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 仅次于 an HSK word?

Yes. 仅次于 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 仅次于 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 仅次于 is written 僅次於.