HSK 5 · Verbs

重复 chóngfù “to repeat” in Chinese

Traditional 重複

What 重复 means

  1. to repeat
  2. to duplicate

Measure word 个 gè · 一个重复 yí ge chóngfù

How to say 重复

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale重chóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale复fù4th tone, falling

重复 in a sentence

  1. 你能重复一遍吗？

    Nǐ néng chóngfù yí biàn ma?

    Could you repeat that, please?

    Sentence #1772679 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请跟我重复一遍。

    Qǐng gēn wǒ chóngfù yí biàn.

    Please repeat after me.

    Sentence #13249939 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 她慢慢地重复了一遍她的名字。

    Tā mànmàn de chóngfù le yí biàn tā de míngzi.

    She slowly repeated her name.

    Sentence #659855 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 重复 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 重 (zhòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
重chóngto repeat
  • 千thousand · qiān
  • 里village · lǐ
The character 复 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
复fùto go and return
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 日sun · rì
  • 夂go · zhǐ

How to write 重复

重 9 strokes · 复 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 重复

Words with 重

重要zhòngyào · important重zhòng · heavy重视zhòngshì · to take seriously尊重zūnzhòng · to esteem严重yánzhòng · grave重点zhòngdiǎn · key point重新chóngxīn · again重大zhòngdà · major重量zhòngliàng · weight保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself

Words with 复

复习fùxí · revise复印fùyìn · to photocopy复杂fùzá · complicated恢复huīfù · to recover复制fùzhì · to duplicate反复fǎnfù · repeatedly答复dáfù · to reply报复bàofu · to retaliate修复xiūfù · to repair复兴fùxīng · revival

More words: Common Verbs

指挥zhǐhuī · to conduct制定zhìdìng · to draw up制造zhìzào · to manufacture制作zhìzuò · to make抓zhuā · to grab撞zhuàng · to knock against装修zhuāngxiū · to renovate主持zhǔchí · to host (a programme or event)

FAQs

重复 (chóngfù) means “to repeat” or “to duplicate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chóngfù: chóng with a 2nd tone, then fù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 重复 is written 重複. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to repeat is 一个重复 (yí ge chóngfù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chongfu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 重复 from the suggestions. Typing chongfu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
重复 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.