又

yòu · you

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway

In a sentence

2 examples
01

某(mǒu)天(tiān)晚(wǎn)上(shang),他(tā)又(yòu)累(lèi)又(yòu)沮(jǔ)丧(sàng)地(de)回(huí)到(dào)了(le)家(jiā)。

One night he came home very tired and sad.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)字(zì)他(tā)又(yòu)写(xiě)了(le)一(yí)遍(biàn),还(hái)是(shì)不(bú)太(tài)好(hǎo)看(kàn)。

He wrote this character once again, but it still doesn't look very good.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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