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Traditional form:

Pinyin (reading):

zài

Definitions:

  • again; once more; re-
  • further; beyond this point of time
  • (before an adjective) more
  • then (after sth, and not until then)
  • no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 (yě) or 都 (dōu) for emphasis)
  • (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則/再则 (zàizé), 再就是 (zàijiùshì) etc)
  • (literary) to reappear; to reoccur

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