Usage note
顺序表示前后安排的次序。
shùn xù biǎo shì qián hòu ān pái de cì xù。
Order means the sequence of things.
Context note
顺序常用于步骤、排队和说明。
shùn xù cháng yòng yú bù zhòu 、 pái duì hé shuō míng。
Order often appears with steps, lining up, and instructions.
5 examples
请按顺序来。
qǐng àn shùn xù lái。
Please come in order.
这个顺序对吗？
zhè ge shùn xù duì ma？
Is this order correct?
顺序不能错。
shùn xù bù néng cuò。
The order cannot be wrong.
我们按顺序回答。
wǒ men àn shùn xù huí dá。
We answer in order.
顺序很重要。
shùn xù hěn zhòng yào。
Order is important.
5 mini stories
老师让我们按顺序站好。
lǎo shī ràng wǒ men àn shùn xù zhàn hǎo。
The teacher asked us to stand in order.
我把故事的顺序记下来。
wǒ bǎ gù shì de shùn xù jì xià lái。
I wrote down the order of the story.
做事时要注意顺序。
zuò shì shí yào zhù yì shùn xù。
You should pay attention to the order when doing things.
排队的时候，顺序很清楚。
pái duì de shí hòu， shùn xù hěn qīng chǔ。
When lining up, the order is clear.
他把步骤的顺序写在纸上。
tā bǎ bù zhòu de shùn xù xiě zài zhǐ shàng。
He wrote the order of the steps on paper.
Mini dialogue
整理书架
A
你能帮我把这些书按大小顺序排好吗？
Nǐ néng bāng wǒ bǎ zhèxiē shū àn dàxiǎo shùnxù pái hǎo ma?
Can you help me arrange these books in order of size?
B
没问题，我会按照从大到小的顺序放。
Méi wèntí, wǒ huì ànzhào cóng dà dào xiǎo de shùnxù fàng.
No problem, I will put them in order from big to small.
排队
A
我们要按顺序排队，不能插队。
Wǒmen yào àn shùnxù páiduì, bù néng chāduì.
We have to line up in order, no cutting in line.
B
我知道，先来后到的顺序才公平。
Wǒ zhīdào, xiān lái hòu dào de shùnxù cái gōngpíng.
I know, first-come-first-served order is fair.
Related words and contrasts
similar
次序
cì xù
order, sequence
Refers to the arrangement of things in a series.
opposite
混乱
hùn luàn
chaos, disorder
A state where things are not in order.