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再

zài

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

再 (zài) means "again; once more; re-". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 再 means

1. again; once more; re-
2. further; beyond this point of time
3. (before an adjective) more
4. then (after sth, and not until then)
5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) {也|yě} or {都|dōu} for emphasis)
6. (used to introduce additional information, as in {再则|zài zé}, {再就是|zài jiù shì} etc)
7. literaryto reappear; to reoccur

Example sentences

• 再见！
  See you again.
• 再会！
  See you later!
• 再见。
  See you.
• 再来！
  Again!
• 再一次。
  Once again.
• 再做一遍。
  Do it again.

Words starting with 再

• 再见zài jiàngoodbye; see you again later
• 再次zài cìonce more; once again
• 再三zài sānover and over again; again and again
• 再也zài yě(not) ever again; (not) any longer
• 再说zài shuōto say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover
• 再接再厉zài jiē zài lìto continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts
• 再度zài dùonce more; once again; one more time
• 再不zài bùor else; alternatively
• 再现zài xiànto recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic)
• 再生zài shēngto be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person)
• 再者zài zhěmoreover; besides
• 再造zài zàoto rebuild; to reconstruct; to regenerate; (in set phrases like 恩同再造
• 再会zài huìto meet again; until we meet again; goodbye
• 再版zài bǎnsecond edition; reprint
• 再婚zài hūnto remarry
• 再犯zài fànto re-offend; repeat offender; recidivist
• 再审zài shěnto hear a case again; review; retrial
• 再好不过zài hǎo bù guòcouldn't be better; ideal; wonderful
• 再则zài zémoreover; besides
• 再嫁zài jià(of woman) to remarry
• 再世zài shìto be reincarnated
• 再入zài rùto re-enter
• 再建zài jiànto reconstruct; to build another
• 再改zài gǎito change (sth) again

Words containing 再

• 不再bù zàino more; no longer
• 一再yī zàirepeatedly
• 东山再起dōng shān zài qǐlit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom)…
• 可再生kě zài shēng(of energy, natural resources etc) renewable
• 时不再来shí bù zài láiTime that has passed will never come back. (idiom)
• 财务再保险cái wù zài bǎo xiǎnfinancial reinsurance (aka "fin re")
• 扩大再生产kuò dà zài shēng chǎnto expand production; to reproduce on an extended scale
• 恩同再造ēn tóng zài zào(idiom) a great life-saving favor
• 陈再道Chén Zài dàoChen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army
• 青春不再qīng chūn bù zàilit. one's youth will never return; to make the most of one's opportunities (idiom)
• 华佗再世Huà Tuó zài shì(lit.) a reincarnation of Hua Tuo, the legendary physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty…
• 一改再改yī gǎi zài gǎito change (sth) repeatedly
• 一犯再犯yī fàn zài fànto keep doing (the wrong thing)
• 一错再错yī cuò zài cuòto repeat errors; to continue blundering; to make continuous mistakes
• 可一而不可再kě yī ér bù kě zàimay be done once and once only; just this once
• 蚊子再小也是肉wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròulit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)…
• 一而再，再而三yī ér zài , zài ér sānagain and again
• 有借有还，再借不难yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nánreturn what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
• 机不可失，失不再来jī bù kě shī , shī bù zài láiopportunity knocks but once (idiom)
• 机不可失，时不再来jī bù kě shī , shí bù zài láiOpportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
• 花有重开日，人无再少年huā yǒu chóng kāi rì , rén wú zài shào niána flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)
• 好借好还，再借不难hǎo jiè hǎo huán , zài jiè bù nánsee 有借有還，有借有还，再借不难

Characters that look like 再

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 弗fú(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army
• 弟dìyounger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard

Sounds the same

Read zài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 在to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 载to carry; to convey; to load
• 縡matter; affair
• 傤load; cargo; old variant of 载
• 扗old variant of 在

Where 再 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time Expressions (HSK 2), HSK 1 Characters · Set 9 (HSK 1), Reading Short Dialogues (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• How characters are built from components.
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