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.
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