Chinese symbol for “retry”
重试
chóng shì
Traditional: 重試
to retry; to try again
The closest CC-CEDICT match for retry is 重试 (chóng shì), defined as: to retry; to try again.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “retry”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 复审 (復審) | fù shěn | to re-examine; to recheck; (law) to conduct a judicial review; to retry (a case) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 重试.
| 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 |
| 测试 (測試) | cè shì | to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area) |
| 考试 (考試) | kǎo shì | to take an exam; exam |
| 试图 (試圖) | shì tú | to attempt; to try |
See also: Japanese symbol for “retry”.
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.