再次
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
再次 (zàicì) · once again
再次 (zàicì) means “once again; a second time”. It is written with 2 characters: 再 (again) + 次 (measure word for times). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 再次 is built
The characters
再 zài · again
What 再 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冉rǎn — tender
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: Two fish 冉 caught on a line 一 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
次 cì · measure word for times
What 次 is made of
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 欠qiàn — to lack
- ⺈ — top shape
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: A person 欠 yawning multiple times 冫 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
欢迎你再次来中国。Huānyíng nǐ zàicì lái Zhōngguó.Welcome to China once again.
他再次给我打了电话。Tā zàicì gěi wǒ dǎ le diànhuà.He called me again.
Questions about 再次
What does 再次 mean?
再次 (zàicì) means “once again; a second time”.
How do you pronounce 再次?
再次 is pronounced zàicì.
Which HSK level is 再次?
再次 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 再见zàijiàngoodbye
- 一再yīzàirepeatedly
- 再三zàisānagain and again
- 再接再厉zàijiēzàilìto keep up the effort
- 再说zàishuōbesides
- 再zàiagain
- 上次shàngcìlast time
- 下次xiàcìnext time
- 其次qícìnext
- 多次duōcìmany times
Learn 再次 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 92: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.