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多次 (duō cì) — repeatedly; many times

Definition

adverb
repeatedlymany times

Examples

  • 多次。
    Tā duō cì tí dào zhè ge wèn tí.
    He mentioned this problem many times.
  • 多次，。
    Wǒ duō cì cháng shì, zhōng yú chéng gōng le.
    I tried many times and finally succeeded.
  • 多次。
    Lǎo shī duō cì tí xǐng wǒ men kǎo shì shí jiān.
    The teacher reminded us many times about the exam time.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

多duōmany
次cìtimes

多 means many, 次 counts occurrences, so it means many times.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old form of 次 shows a person exhaling, with the marks above the figure representing breath.

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