义项
量词，用于反复出现的动作
Counts how many times an action happens: 一次, 两次, 三次. It follows the verb — 我去过两次 — and, being a measure word itself, never takes 个.
measure
例句
- 我去过两次中国。我去過兩次中國。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) qùguo (fourth tone, falling) liǎng (third tone, dipping) cì (fourth tone, falling) Zhōngguó. (first tone, high and level)···
I’ve been to China twice.
- 这是我第一次坐飞机。這是我第一次坐飛機。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) dì (fourth tone, falling) yī (first tone, high and level) cì (fourth tone, falling) zuò (fourth tone, falling) fēijī. (first tone, high and level)···
This is my first time on a plane.
常见错误
不太对我看了三个次。
正确我看了三次。
次 is itself the measure word, so the number attaches to it directly. Inserting 个 is like saying "three pieces of times".