Definition
再 (zài) means 'again' for future or hypothetical actions — something you plan to do another time. 又 (yòu) is for past actions that have already happened ('did again'). 还 (hái) means 'still' or 'also', not 'again' in the same sense.
adverb
againonce morethen (after something, and not until then)
Easily confused
- 在zàisound-alike(verb) to be (located) at; to exist; to be alive
- 宰zǎisound-aliketo slaughter, to butcher (an animal)
- 栽zāisound-aliketo plant; to grow
- 灾zāisound-alikedisaster, calamity
Examples
- 再。Qǐng zài chī yí gè píngguǒ.Please eat an apple again.
- ，再。Nǐ chī yí gè, wǒ zài chī yí gè.You eat one, then I eat one.
- 再。Wǒmen zài lái.We come again.
Grammar
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