再 zài

again, twice, re-

HSK 1 #242

DEFINITIONS

  • again, twice, re-
  • again
  • once more
  • re-
  • second
  • another
  • then (after sth, and not until then)
  • no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis)

STROKES

再 stroke order diagram
再 stroke order animation

WORDS

再见 zài jiàn
HSK 1
goodbye; see you again later
一再 yī zài
HSK 5
repeatedly
再三 zài sān
HSK 5
over and over again; again and again
再接再厉 zài jiē zài lì
HSK 6
to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts
不再 bù zài no more; no longer
再次 zài cì one more time; again; one more; once again
再说 zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
再也 zài yě (not) any more
再度 zài dù once more; once again; one more time
再生 zài shēng to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration
再婚 zài hūn to remarry
再现 zài xiàn to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic)
东山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
再不 zài bù if not, then; otherwise
再会 zài huì to meet again; until we meet again; goodbye
再造 zài zào to give a new lease of life; to reconstruct; to reform; to rework; to recycle; to reproduce (copies, or offspring); restoration; restructuring
再者 zài zhě moreover; besides
再嫁 zài jià to remarry (of woman)
时不再来 shí bù zài lái Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)
再审 zài shěn to hear a case again; review; retrial
再版 zài bǎn second edition; reprint
再生产 zài shēng chǎn to reproduce; reproduction
一犯再犯 yī fàn zài fàn to keep doing (the wrong thing)
一而再，再而三 yī ér zài ， zài ér sān again and again
一错再错 yī cuò zài cuò to repeat errors; to continue blundering; to make continuous mistakes
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