其次 (qí cì) means “next; secondly”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
首先要努力,其次要坚持。
Shǒuxiān yào nǔlì, qícì yào jiānchí.
First you must work hard, secondly you must persist.
Updated: 2026-05-27