又
yòu
Pinyin
Definition
又
-
- (once) again
- also
- both... and...
- and yet
- (used for emphasis) anyway
Character Decomposition
Compounds (31)
- 1 right
- 2 correct
- 3 couple
- 4 pair
- 5 towards
- 6 at
- 7 for
- 8 to face
- 9 opposite
- 10 to treat (sb a certain way)
- 11 to match together
- 12 to adjust
- 13 to fit
- 14 to suit
- 15 to answer
- 16 to reply
- 17 classifier: couple
- 1 to send out
- 2 to show (one's feeling)
- 3 to issue
- 4 to develop
- 5 to make a bundle of money
- 6 classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- 1 hair
- 2 Taiwan pr. [fǎ]
- 1 (once) again
- 2 also
- 3 both... and...
- 4 and yet
- 5 (used for emphasis) anyway
Idioms (6)
一波未平,一波又起
- 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
- 2 many twists and turns to a story
- 3 one thing after another
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
- 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
- 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
又红又肿
- 1 to be red and swollen (idiom)
又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草
- 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
- 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
说是一回事,做又是另外一回事
- 1 Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我今天晚上又要加班了。
I have to work overtime again tonight.
他做事又快又好,从不拖泥带水。
He does quick and quality work, He doesn't work sloppily.
这家公司又开发了一种新产品。
This company developed another new product.
昨天我又看了一遍这部小说。
Again : I read this novel again yesterday.
他前天来过,昨天又来了。
He came the day before and he came again yesterday.
一年又一年过去了,她长大了,变得越来越美丽。
One year after another, she’s grown up to be more and more beautiful.
她又要去马来西亚了。
She is going to Malaysia again.
运动员一次又一次地重复每个动作,直到符合要求为止。
The athlete repeats each action again and again until it meets the requirements.
我又想吃酸菜鱼了。
I feel like eating fish with pickles again.
她听到她老公外遇,是又嫉妒又生气,便着急地回家找他算账去了。
She was jealous and angry at the news of her husband’s affair, so she hurried home to get even with him.