次之

second (in a competition) / occupying second place

to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)

next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it