HSK 3 · Verbs

复习 fùxí “revise” in Chinese

Traditional 復習

What 复习 means

  1. revise
  2. to review
  3. revision

Measure word 次 cì · 一次复习 yí cì fùxí

How to say 复习

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale复fù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale习xí2nd tone, rising

复习 in a sentence

  1. 我想复习英语。

    Wǒ xiǎng fùxí Yīngyǔ.

    I’d like to revise my English.

    Sentence #1416056 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我会尽量不打扰你复习。

    Wǒ huì jǐnliàng bù dǎrǎo nǐ fùxí.

    I’ll do my best not to disturb your revision.

    Sentence #27 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 大多数学生都在为期末考试复习。

    Dàduōshù xuésheng dōu zài wèi qīmò kǎoshì fùxí.

    Most students are revising for their end-of-term exams.

    Sentence #2254420 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 复习 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 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
The character 习 (xí) drawn as one shape
习xíto practise

习 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 習: a young bird's wings 羽 practising flight: to practise.

How to write 复习

复 9 strokes · 习 3 strokes

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

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

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FAQs

复习 (fùxí) means “revise” or “to review”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it fùxí: fù with a 4th tone, then xí with a 2nd 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, 复习 is written 復習. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 次 (cì). For example, one revise is 一次复习 (yí cì fùxí).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 复习 from the suggestions. Typing fuxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
复习 is an HSK 3 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.