重 (chóng) — (adverb) again; once more (placed before a verb to indicate redoing an action); (verb) to repeat; to do something twice (by mistake; often used in the pattern V + 重 + 了)
Definition
As an adverb, 重 (chóng) means 'again' and goes directly before a verb (重说). It's more casual than the written-form pair 重新, which emphasizes starting over or doing it a new way. As a verb it means to repeat by mistake, e.g. 这件衣服买重了.
adverb
againonce more (placed before a verb to indicate redoing an action)
verb
to repeatto do something twice (by mistake; often used in the pattern V + 重 + 了)
Easily confused
Examples
- 。Qǐng nǐ chóng dú yí biàn kè wén.Please read the text again.
- 重。Zhè liǎng běn shū mǎi chóng le.I ended up buying two copies of these books by mistake.
- ，重。Wǒ gāng cái shuō cuò le, ràng wǒ chóng shuō yí cì.I just said it wrong, let me say it again once.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng重zhòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.
重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.
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