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(zài) - again; then (sequential) in Mandarin

zài

Traditional: 再

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HSK 1
#79 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

again; then (sequential)

Word origin

再 (zài) means 'again'. It is an indicative character derived from an ancient form taken to show two stacked elements signifying repetition or a second occurrence, hence 'once more'.

Origin
ideograph
Root
再, an ancient indicative form conveying 'a second time, again'

Stroke order

Stroke order for 再

再

Examples

遍biàn。

Please say it again.

，。

Eat first, then go and rest.

！

Goodbye! (lit. see you again)

。

Let us chat again tomorrow.

Appears in 5 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 再.

再见zài jiàngoodbye, farewell不再bú zàino longer, not anymore再说zài shuōto say again, what's more, besides再次zài cìonce more, again, one more time再也zài yěnever again, not any more

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