HSK 5 · Function Words

一再 yízài “again and again” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 一再 means

  1. again and again
  2. repeatedly

How to say 一再

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale一yí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale再zài4th tone, falling

Tone change. 一 is yī on its own. Before a fourth tone it becomes yí, and before the other tones yì. Textbooks write the change in, as here. How tone changes work

一再 in a sentence

  1. 他不顾我们的一再劝告。

    Tā búgù wǒmen de yízài quàngào.

    He ignored our repeated advice.

    Sentence #10498055 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 一再 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 一 (yī) drawn as one shape
一yīoneyí in 一再

一 is a single shape of 1 stroke. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidOne stroke for one, the way people once counted with rods.

The character 再 (zài) with each of its parts in a different colour
再zàiagain; once more; re-
  • 一one · yī
  • 冉tender · rǎn

How to write 一再

一 1 strokes · 再 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

一再 (yízài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 一再 (yízài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 一再

Words with 一

一yī · one一半yībàn · half一些yīxiē · some一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little一起yìqǐ · together第一dìyī · first一下yíxià · (after a verb) briefly一般yìbān · general一定yídìng · surely一共yígòng · altogether

Words with 再

再见zàijiàn · goodbye再zài · again再次zàicì · once again再三zàisān · over and over again再接再厉zàijiēzàilì · to keep up the good work

More words: Function Words & Grammar

乙yǐ · second (in a sequence)以及yǐjí · and以来yǐlái · since (a previous event)因而yīn'ér · therefore与其yǔqí · rather than (与其 A，不如 B: B rather than A)再三zàisān · over and over again在于zàiyú · to lie in则zé · then

FAQs

一再 (yízài) means “again and again” or “repeatedly”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yízài: yí with a 2nd tone, then zài with a 4th tone. 一 is yī on its own. Before a fourth tone it becomes yí, and before the other tones yì. Textbooks write the change in, as here. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 一再 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yizai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 一再 from the suggestions. Typing yizai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
一再 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.