Chinese symbol for “recur”
重演
chóng yǎn
to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones); to repeat (a performance)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recur is 重演 (chóng yǎn), defined as: to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones); to repeat (a performance).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “recur”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 复发 (復發) | fù fā | to recur (of a disease); to reappear |
| 再发 (再發) | zài fā | to reissue; (of a disease) to recur |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 重演.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play; show |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 演员 (演員) | yǎn yuán | actor; actress; performer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recur”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.