再 - zài - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 2 - Easy
6 strokes
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再

zài

Definition

again
很高興再次見到你。

Nice to meet you again.
once more
graphic component (often seen in other characters)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

冓

gòu

inner rooms of palace; ten billions

Related words (72)

再三

zài sān

repeatedly; again and again; over and over again; time and again

再不

zài bù

if not, then; or; or else; otherwise

to come again

(not) any more

to meet again; until we meet again; goodbye

to re-enter

moreover; besides

processed (food)

to reissue

repeatedly; over and over again

even better

to remarry

to remarry (of woman)

再審

zài shěn

to hear a case again; review; retrial

再度

zài dù

once more; once again; one more time

reconstruction

to reopen; to start again

再拜

zài bài

to bow again; formal obeisance or kowtow

to renew; to reform

one more time; again; one more; once again

再版

zài bǎn

second edition; reprint

再犯

zài fàn

to repeat a crime; persistent offender

再現

zài xiàn

to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic)

再生

zài shēng

to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration

moreover; besides

to increase; to multiply; to proliferate

再見

zài jiàn

bye; goodbye; bye bye; see you; see you again later; see you later

再說

zài shuō

to repeat; to speak again; to say again; to talk (about it) later; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides

再讀

zài dú

to read again; to review (a lesson etc)

再賽

zài sài

a replay (of sports match); a play-off

再起

zài qǐ

to arise again; to make a comeback; resurgence

再遷

zài qiān

to promote again; reappointed

再造

zài zào

to give a new lease of life; to reconstruct; to reform; to rework; to recycle; to reproduce (copies, or offspring); restoration; restructuring

to remarry

again

to reuse

to reassure

reinsurance (contractual device spreading risk between insurers)

to reappear

to reuse

refined salt

recycled paper

to reoccur

rediscovery

reprocessing

no matter how ...

producing a copy; to reproduce

再融資

zài róng zī

refinancing; restructuring (a loan)

to transfer again

recycling industry

repeatedly; over and over again

再好不過

zài hǎo bù guò

(saying) can't be better

再屠現金

zài tú xiàn jīn

cash in transit (accountancy)

regenerative braking

regenerative medicine

renewable fuel

renewable energy source

再造手術

zài zào shǒu shù

reconstructive surgery

再活化假說

zài huó huà jiǎ shuō

reactivation hypothesis

再生不良性貧血

zài shēng bù liáng xìng pín xuè

aplastic anemia

repeatedly

no more; not anymore; (literary) to not exist anymore; no longer

renewable (resource)

to keep doing (the wrong thing)

一錯再錯

yī cuò zài cuò

to repeat errors; to continue blundering; to make continuous mistakes

可再生原

kě zài shēng yuán

renewable resource

可再生能源

kě zài shēng néng yuán

renewable energy

擴大再生產

kuò dà zài shēng chǎn

to expand production; to reproduce on an extended scale

財務再保險

cái wù zài bǎo xiǎn

financial reinsurance; fin re

不可再生資源

bù kě zài shēng zī yuán

nonrenewable resource

可一而不可再

kě yī ér bù kě zài

may be done once and once only; just this once

密閉式循環再呼吸水肺系統

mì bì shì xún huán zài hū xī shuǐ fèi xì tǒng

closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving)

Idioms (6)

再接再厲

zài jiē zài lì

to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; to make persistent efforts; to continue to exert oneself; unremitting efforts

再生父母

zài shēng fù mǔ

like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

再衰三竭

zài shuāi sān jié

weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline; on one's last legs

東山再起

dōng shān zài qǐ

(lit.) to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback

恩同再造

ēn tóng zài zào

your favor amounts to being given a new lease on life (idiom)

青春不再

qīng chūn bù zài

(lit.) one's youth will never return; to make the most of one's opportunities (idiom)

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