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反复

fǎn fù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 反覆

反复 (fǎn fù) means "repeatedly; again and again". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 反复 means

1. repeatedly
2. over and over
3. to upend
4. unstable
5. to come and go
6. (of an illness) to return

Other readings

反复 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fǎn fùvariant of {反复|fǎn fù}

The characters in 反复

• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 复fùto go and return; to return; to resume

Example sentences

• 像四月一样反复无常。
  Capricious as April.
• 他在心里反复思量这件事。
  Tā zài xīnli fǎnfù sīliang zhè jiàn shì.
  He turned over the matter in his mind.
• 我知道自己是个累赘，你没必要反复提。
  Wǒ zhīdào zìjǐ shì ge léizhuì, nǐ méi bìyào fǎnfù tí.
  I know I'm a burden; you don't have to repeat it.
• 虽然他对我反复解释这首诗的意思，我还是不懂。
  Suīrán tā duì wǒ fǎnfù jiěshì zhè shǒu shī de yìsi, wǒ háishi bù dǒng.
  Even though he explained to me over and over again the meaning of this poem, I still don't get it.
• 我辗转反侧，反复思考着白天发生的事，后悔不已。
  I'm tossing and turning, repeatedly thinking about what happened today, deeply remorseful.
• 他反复读了好几遍她寄来的信，还是没明白她的意思。
  Tā fǎnfù dú le hǎojǐ biàn tā jì lái de xìn, háishi méi míngbai tā de yìsi.
  Over and over again, he read the letter she had mailed him, but he still did not understand it.

Words starting with 反复

• 反复无常fǎn fù wú chángunstable; erratic; changeable

Words containing 反复

• 同义反复tóng yì fǎn fùtautology

Where 反复 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Argumentation, Debate & Criticism (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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