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又

yòu

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

又 (yòu) means "(once) again". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 又 means

1. (once) again
2. also
3. both... and...
4. and yet
5. (used for emphasis) anyway

How 又 is used in grammar

又 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Frequency Adverbs: 经常、重新、老是、又 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, adverbs (频率副词); level 4, complex sentences (并列复句).

Example sentences

• 又是你。
  It's you again.
• 又来了！
  It started again!
• 那又怎样?
  So what?
• 又下雨了！
  It's raining again!
• 你又来了。
  There you go again.
• 又要工作。
  Work again.

Words starting with 又

• 又称yòu chēngalso known as
• 又名yòu míngalso known as; alternative name; to also be called
• 又及yòu jíP.S.; postscript
• 又来了yòu lái leHere we go again.
• 又好气又好笑yòu hǎo qì yòu hǎo xiàoannoyed and amused in equal measure
• 又吵又闹yòu chǎo yòu nàoto make a lot of noise; to be disorderly
• 又一次yòu yī cìyet again; once again; once more
• 又双叒叕yòu shuāng ruò zhuó(net slang) time after time; again and again and again
• 又想当婊子又想立牌坊yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fānglit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity…
• 又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎolit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)…
• 又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草yòu yào mǎ r hǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎosee 又要馬兒跑，又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草

Words containing 又

• 欲言又止yù yán yòu zhǐto want to say sth but then hesitate
• 重又chóng yòuonce again
• 好又多Hǎo yòu duōTrust-Mart (supermarket chain)
• 少之又少shǎo zhī yòu shǎovery few; very little
• 话又说回来huà yòu shuō huí lai(but) then again; (but) on the other hand
• 玄之又玄xuán zhī yòu xuánmystery within a mystery; the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子
• 一次又一次yī cì yòu yī cìrepeatedly; over and over again
• 一遍又一遍yī biàn yòu yī biànover and over
• 赔了夫人又折兵péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīnglit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)…
• 一波未平，一波又起yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐbefore the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom)…
• 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēnglit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows…
• 好气又好笑hǎo qì yòu hǎo xiàosee 又好气又好笑
• 破屋又遭连夜雨pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔsee 屋漏偏逢连夜雨
• 既要当婊子又要立牌坊jì yào dāng biǎo zi yòu yào lì pái fāngsee 又想当婊子又想立牌坊

Characters that look like 又

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

• 叉chāfork; pitchfork; prong

Sounds the same

Read yòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 右(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…
• 幼young
• 诱(literary) to induce; to entice
• 佑(bound form) to bless; to protect
• 釉glaze (of porcelain)
• 柚pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 宥to forgive; to help; profound
• 鼬(zoology) weasel
• 祐(of divinity) to bless; to protect
• 囿park; to limit; be limited to
• 侑(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)
• 蚴larva

Where 又 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sequence, Similarity & Remaining Words (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 7 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yòu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.