Chinese symbol for “repeat”
重
chóng
to repeat; repetition; again; re-
The closest CC-CEDICT match for repeat is 重 (chóng), defined as: to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “repeat”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 复 (複) | fù | to repeat; to double |
| 重复 (重複) | chóng fù | to repeat; to duplicate |
| 复述 (複述) | fù shù | to repeat (one's own words or sb else's); (in the classroom) to paraphrase what one has learned |
| 重述 | chóng shù | to repeat; to restate |
| 复 (復) | fù | to go and return; to return |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 重.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “repeat”.
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.