Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
又
yòu
Description
"又"表示一件事情再一次发生。
"又" indicates that something happens again.
它常常用在已经发生过的事情上，也可以连接两个特点。
It is often used for something that has already happened and can also connect two characteristics.
Meanings
又yòu
again (for something that already happened)
他今天又迟到了。
He was late again today.
又…又…yòu…yòu…
both... and... (linking two qualities)
这个苹果又大又甜。
This apple is big and sweet.
又yòu
and (joining numbers or amounts)
一个又一个人走进来。
One person after another came in.
Related words
Notes
- Nuance
又 is for repeated past events; 再 is for repetition planned in the future.
- Etymology
originally a pictograph of a right hand; now mainly used as an adverb.
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