HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Adverbs

再次 zàicì “once again” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 再次 means

  1. once again
  2. once more

How to say 再次

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale再zài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale次cì4th tone, falling

再次 in a sentence

  1. 我们很高兴再次见到你。

    Wǒmen hěn gāoxìng zàicì jiàndào nǐ.

    We’re very happy to see you again.

    Sentence #1454441 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 再次感谢您的关注。

    Zàicì gǎnxiè nín de guānzhù.

    Thank you once again for your attention.

    Sentence #3479485 from Tatoeba

  3. 我不想再次去那儿。

    Wǒ bù xiǎng zàicì qù nàr.

    I don’t want to go there again.

    Sentence #1783799 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 再次 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 再 (zài) with each of its parts in a different colour
再zàiagain; once more; re-
  • 一one · yī
  • 冉tender · rǎn
The character 次 (cì) with each of its parts in a different colour
次cìnext in sequence
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 欠yawn · qiàn

How to write 再次

再 6 strokes · 次 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 再次

Words with 再

再见zàijiàn · goodbye再zài · again一再yízài · again and again再三zàisān · over and over again再接再厉zàijiēzàilì · to keep up the good work

Words with 次

次cì · times其次qícì · next次要cìyào · secondary次序cìxù · order屡次lǚcì · repeatedly次品cìpǐn · defective product层次céngcì · level档次dàngcì · grade名次míngcì · ranking

More words: Adverbs & Degree

同样tóngyàng · likewise就是jiùshì · exactly已yǐ · already好好hǎohǎo · properly仍réng · still仅jǐn · only更加gèngjiā · even more共gòng · altogether

FAQs

再次 (zàicì) means “once again” or “once more”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it zàicì: zài with a 4th tone, then cì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 再次 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaici with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 再次 from the suggestions. Typing zaici into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
再次 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older 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.