A method and an apparatus for measuring an inter-frequency neighboring cell is provided. The method comprises obtaining a time requirement of cell identification of a specific carrier, obtaining a time requirement of cell measurement of the specific carrier, identifying a new cell on the corresponding specific carrier in the time requirement of the cell identification of the specific carrier, measuring Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) and/or Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ) of an identified cell in the time requirement of the cell measurement of the specific carrier, and reporting a measurement result of the identified cell according to a configured measurement event, wherein the specific carrier is different from other carriers, and the time requirement of the cell identification of the specific carrier is different from time requirements of the cell identification of other carriers.