再
Meanings
- again; once more; re-
- further; beyond this point of time
- (before an adjective) more
- then (after sth, and not until then)
- no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 yě or 都 dōu for emphasis)
- (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則 zài zé, 再就是 zài jiù shì etc)
- (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
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- 再
- zài · again, twice, re-
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4 · zai4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zoi3
Cantonese word readings for 再. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- again; once again; a second time; re-
- Used to indicate a continuing situation in conditional or suppositional clauses
- more; -er
- Used with 也 (yě) and followed by a negative expression; no matter how...still (not)
- then; only then
- in addition; on top of that
- (literary) twice
- (literary) to appear again
- a surname
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