HSK 3 · Function Words

又 yòu “once again” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 又 means

  1. once again
  2. also
  3. both
  4. both… and…
  5. and yet
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (used for emphasis) anyway

How to say 又

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale又yòu4th tone, falling

又 in a sentence

  1. 今天他又迟到了。

    Jīntiān tā yòu chídào le.

    He’s late again today.

    Sentence #11837804 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的房子又小又旧。

    Tā de fángzi yòu xiǎo yòu jiù.

    His house is small and old.

    Sentence #334638 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 又开始下雨了。

    Yòu kāishǐ xiàyǔ le.

    It’s started raining again.

    Sentence #1888704 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 又 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 又 (yòu) drawn as one shape
又yòuagain

又 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 又

又 2 strokes

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

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

Words related to 又

More words: Particles & Connectors

先xiān · first向xiàng · direction像xiàng · be like一边yìbiān · one side只有zhǐyǒu · only才cái · ability只zhǐ · only地de · particle used after a description

FAQs

又 (yòu) means “once again” or “also”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it yòu: yòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 又 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type you with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 又 from the suggestions. Typing you into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
又 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.