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Pinyin: yòu
English Definition: (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
Chinese Definition:
①表示重复或继续,指相同的:今天又下雨了。
②表示加重语气、更进一层:你又不是小孩!
③表示几种情况或几种性质同时存在:又高又大。
④再加上,还有:又及。十又五年。
⑤表示转折:这个人挺面熟,一下子又想不起来他叫什么。
Total strokes: 2; Radical: ; Structure: 又 + *
Pictographic: A right hand, representing a pair; compare
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Example Words
欲言又止 yán yòu zhǐ to want to say sth but then hesitate
又红又专 yòu hóng yòu zhuān both red and expert; both socialist-minded and vocationally proficient (politics) (idiom)
慎之又慎 shèn zhī yòu shèn to be even more careful (idiom)
又及 yòu P.S.; postscript
玄之又玄 xuán zhī yòu xuán mystery within a mystery; the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子
More: 又* | *又 | *又*
Example Sentences
1
Daddy was late again yesterday.
2
Orange juice tastes both sour and sweet.
3
This problem is both complex and profound.
4
I had a beautiful dream again yesterday evening.
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His performance is both brilliant and touching.