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zài
HSK 1freq #91

Meanings

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zài
  1. 1.again; once more; re-
  2. 2.further; beyond this point of time
  3. 3.(before an adjective) more
  4. 4.then (after sth, and not until then)
  5. 5.no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[yě] or 都[dōu] for emphasis)
  6. 6.(used to introduce additional information, as in 再则[zài zé], 再就是[zài jiù shì] etc)
  7. 7.(literary) to reappear; to reoccur

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.again; once again; a second time; re-
  2. 2.Used to indicate a continuing situation in conditional or suppositional clauses
  3. 3.more; -er
  4. 4.Used with 也 (yě) and followed by a negative expression; no matter how...still (not)
  5. 5.then; only then
  6. 6.in addition; on top of that
  7. 7.twice
  8. 8.to appear again
  9. 9.a surname

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Etymology

Cognate with 載 (OC *ʔslɯːʔ, “year”), 茲 (OC *ʔsɯ, “year”), 薦 (OC *ʔseːns, “repeatedly”), 洊 (OC *zlɯːns, “again; repeatedly”), 荐 (OC *zlɯːns, “repeatedly”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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