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zài
HSK 2.0 Level 2 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. again; once more; re-
  2. 2. second; another
  3. 3. then (after sth, and not until then)
  4. 4. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[yě] or 都[dōu] for emphasis)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1746541)

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Words Containing 再

再迁
zài qiān

to promote again

再也
zài yě

(not) any more

再好不过
zài hǎo bù guò

couldn't be better

可再生资源
kě zài shēng zī yuán

renewable resource

再育
zài yù

to increase

再生燃料
zài shēng rán liào

renewable fuel

再开
zài kāi

to reopen

再审
zài shěn

to hear a case again

再度
zài dù

once more; once again; one more time

再处理
zài chǔ lǐ

reprocessing

再拜
zài bài

to bow again

再生水
zài shēng shuǐ

reclaimed water; recycled water

再生产
zài shēng chǎn

to reproduce

扩大再生产
kuò dà zài shēng chǎn

to expand production

再四
zài sì

repeatedly

再临
zài lín

to come again

东山再起
dōng shān zài qǐ

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

一而再,再而三
yī ér zài , zài ér sān

again and again

时不再来
shí bù zài lái

Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)

再发生
zài fā shēng

to reoccur

再造业
zài zào yè

recycling industry

一犯再犯
yī fàn zài fàn

to keep doing (the wrong thing)

好借好还,再借不难
hǎo jiè hǎo huán , zài jiè bù nán

see 有借有還,再借不難|有借有还,再借不难[yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán]

再制盐
zài zhì yán

refined salt

再出现
zài chū xiàn

to reappear

再转复
zài zhuǎn fù

to transfer again

再生不良性贫血
zài shēng bù liáng xìng pín xuè

aplastic anemia

密闭式循环再呼吸水肺系统
mì bì shì xún huán zài hū xī shuǐ fèi xì tǒng

closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving)

再醮
zài jiào

to remarry

再生能源
zài shēng néng yuán

renewable energy source

再起
zài qǐ

to arise again

青春不再
qīng chūn bù zài

lit. one's youth will never return

机不可失,时不再来
jī bù kě shī , shí bù zài lái

Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)

再版
zài bǎn

second edition

再婚
zài hūn

to remarry

再保证
zài bǎo zhèng

to reassure

机不可失,失不再来
jī bù kě shī , shī bù zài lái

opportunity knocks but once (idiom)

再则
zài zé

moreover

有借有还,再借不难
yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán

return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)

再会
zài huì

to meet again

再现
zài xiàn

to recreate

再说
zài shuō

to say again

再读
zài dú

to read again

可一而不可再
kě yī ér bù kě zài

may be done once and once only; just this once

再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ

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

再生医学
zài shēng yī xué

regenerative medicine

再活化假说
zài huó huà jiǎ shuō

reactivation hypothesis

再建
zài jiàn

to reconstruct

再造手术
zài zào shǒu shù

reconstructive surgery

再见全垒打
zài jiàn quán lěi dǎ

walk-off home run

再入
zài rù

to re-enter

再保险
zài bǎo xiǎn

reinsurance (contractual device spreading risk between insurers)

再三再四
zài sān zài sì

repeatedly

不可再生资源
bù kě zài shēng zī yuán

nonrenewable resource

再一次
zài yī cì

again

再三
zài sān

over and over again

再发见
zài fā xiàn

rediscovery

再发
zài fā

to reissue

再利用
zài lì yòng

to reuse

再不
zài bù

if not, then

一错再错
yī cuò zài cuò

to repeat errors

恩同再造
ēn tóng zài zào

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

可再生
kě zài shēng

renewable (resource)

再见
zài jiàn

goodbye

再生资源
zài shēng zī yuán

renewable resource

再好
zài hǎo

even better

再融资
zài róng zī

refinancing

再世
zài shì

to be reincarnated

不再
bù zài

no more

再使用
zài shǐ yòng

to reuse

再制
zài zhì

to make more of the same thing

再犯
zài fàn

to repeat a crime

再嫁
zài jià

to remarry (of woman)

再怎么
zài zěn me

no matter how ...

再造
zài zào

to give a new lease of life

陈再道
chén zài dào

Chen Zaidao (1909-1993), general in the People's Liberation Army

一再
yī zài

repeatedly

再接再厉
zài jiē zài lì

to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist

再衰三竭
zài shuāi sān jié

weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline

再赛
zài sài

to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time)

再者
zài zhě

moreover

再制纸
zài zhì zhǐ

recycled paper

再生
zài shēng

to be reborn

蚊子再小也是肉
wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu

lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)

再次
zài cì

one more time

财务再保险
cái wù zài bǎo xiǎn

financial reinsurance

再屠现金
zài tú xiàn jīn

cash in transit (accountancy)

再生制动
zài shēng zhì dòng

regenerative braking

花有重开日,人无再少年
huā yǒu chóng kāi rì , rén wú zài shào nián

a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)

再改
zài gǎi

to renew