(chóng fù) - to repeat, to do again; repetitive, duplicated in Mandarin
chóngfùTraditional: 重複
Translation
to repeat, to do again; repetitive, duplicated
Word origin
A compound of 重 (chóng, again, a second time) and 复 (fù, to return, to go over again), so literally to go over something again.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 重 (chóng, again) + 复 (fù, to return, repeat)
Stroke order
重
复
Examples
。
Please do not repeat the same mistake.
遍。
The teacher repeated it three times.
?
Could you repeat the question?
。
I do repetitive work every day.
句。
These two sentences say the same thing twice.
重复 covers both halves of the English idea: doing something a second time, and the thing itself being a duplicate. 请重复一遍 asks someone to say it again; 重复的工作 is work that grinds through the same motions daily.
The trap is the first character. 重 has two readings, and here it is chóng (again), not zhòng (heavy). Say zhòng fù and a listener will hear nothing sensible, so drill the tone: second tone, rising.
It also works as an adjective in front of a noun, usually with 的: 重复的内容 is duplicated content. When you want the sense of "repeatedly" as an adverb, Mandarin prefers 反复 or a plain 又 rather than stretching 重复.
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