又
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Definitions
- 1. (once) again
- 2. also
- 3. both... and...
- 4. and yet
- 5. (used for emphasis) anyway
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Common mistakes
又 indicates repetition of an action that has already occurred or is certain to occur, while 再 indicates repetition in the future or in hypotheticals. Using 又 for future actions is a common mistake.
Formality
又 is neutral in register, but in its emphatic use (e.g., 我又不饿) it can sound informal or defensive.
Grammar
Guides that feature 又
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一时……一时…… describes something switching back and forth between two states: 天气一时冷一时热, 心情一时好一时坏.
Tell how fast something happened with 不一会儿, and describe quick back-and-forth changes with 一会儿……，一会儿……
Use 你看你 to gently scold someone for a slip, and 真是的 to say “Honestly!” when something annoys you.
Use 又……又…… to give two qualities or actions at the same time.
Use 既……，又/也…… to say something has two qualities or does two things at once.
Say how often something happens with 经常, 常常 and 总是, and use 又 for a repeat that already happened.
Use 话是这么说 to accept someone’s point before adding a “but”, and 话（又）说回来 to turn around and show the other side.
Use 这不 to point to something happening right now that proves what you just said.
Use 重新 when you redo something from the start, and 再次 when the same thing happens one more time.
Use 有A有B to say two things are both there, as in 有说有笑, or that a group is mixed, as in 有大有小.
Example Sentences
5 shown他 又 来了。
他 又 在吹牛了。
他今天 又 迟到了。
燃油价格 又 涨了。
他的哮喘 又 发作了。
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Words Containing 又
repeatedly
many twists and turns to a story
over and over
yet again
Here we go again.
P.S.
also known as
to make a lot of noise
fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
also known as
to be red and swollen (idiom)
(Internet slang) time after time
Trust-Mart (supermarket chain)
very few; very little
to want to say sth but then hesitate
mystery within a mystery
see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ]
(but) then again; (but) on the other hand
Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)
see 說是一回事，做又是另外一回事|说是一回事，做又是另外一回事[shuō shì yī huí shì , zuò yòu shì lìng wài yī huí shì]
having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
once again
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)