REPEAT  重複

HAPPEN AS OR what has HAPPENED BEFORE,OR SAY OR ACT:do what one has SAID OR ACT:done,.
SAY AGAINRESTATEREITERATEGO/RUN THROUGH AGAINRECAPITULATEINFORMAL RECAP.RECURHAPPEN AGAINREOCCUROCCUR AGAINREPEAT (ITSELF)COME BACK (AGAIN)RETURNREAPPEARAPPEAR AGAIN
Hypernym
  • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
Hyponym
  • AGAIN　REPEATing what has HAPPENED or been ACT:done in the PAST. 
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current word for repetition is fù 復.

    2. Xún 尋 occasionally refers to the reverting to a former state, or to seeking to renew that former state, typically an alliance méng 盟.

    3. Zài 再 is primarily to do something twice, but the word can also refer to an action being performed for a second time.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    重複 is the current modern word for repeating something.

    反覆

    來回

    折騰 refers to repetitive action.

    炒冷飯 "fry old rice" refers figuratively to repeating oneself.

    Proverbial idioms include:

    重蹈覆轍

    故技重演

    故態復萌

    老生常談

    老調重彈

    三翻四覆

    翻來覆去

    顛來倒去

    疊床架屋

    左 ⋯ 右 ⋯

    左說右說

    好 ⋯ 歹 ⋯

    橫 ⋯ 豎 ⋯

    橫勸豎勸

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    Words

    習  xí OC: sɢlɯb MC: zip 21 Attributions

    Xí 習 refers to the habitual repeated practice of something in order to achieve proficiency in the kind of action concerned.

      Word relations
    • Object: 傳/TRANSMIT The current general word for handing down something traditional is chuán 傳.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactpractice, practical exercise of something; repeated practice; practice, action
    • viactengage in relevant practising; engage in rehearsing things; engage in intellectual regurgitation
    • vt+V[0]practise or exercise Ving; rehearse, in order to become good at (an art), practise
    • vtoNcarry out into practice, exercise in practice, repeat in practice
    • vtoNabengage in the practising of N (typically with others)
    • vtoNpassivebe properly rehearsed
    再  zài OC: tsɯɯs MC: tsəi 18 Attributions

    Zài 再 is primarily to do something twice, but the word can also refer to an action being performed for a second time.

      Word relations
    • Synon: 復/REPEAT The current word for repetition is fù 復.

      Syntactic words
    • nabeventrepetition 有再 "there will be a repetition"
    • viactdo it again; come again; commit an act a second time
    • vieventoccur again, repeat itself, happen again
    • vtoNrepeat (words) 再言 "repeat what had been said"
    • vtoNpassivebe repeated
    復  fù OC: buɡ MC: buk 10 Attributions

    The current word for repetition is fù 復.

      Word relations
    • Synon: 再/REPEAT Zài 再 is primarily to do something twice, but the word can also refer to an action being performed for a second time.

      Syntactic words
    • vadVrepeatedlyCH
    • vadVmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • vt(oN)repeat the contextually determinate point
    • vtoNrepeat, say more than one time
    • vtoNpassivebe repeated 不可復 "cannot be repeated"
    重  chóng OC: doŋ MC: ɖi̯oŋ 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNrepeated
    • vadVrepeatedly; once again; twice
    • viactdo the same thing again
    • vt(+V[0])repeat the contextually determinate action
    • vtoNrestate N; go over N repeatedlyLZ
    • vtoNobject=humanrestate the crucial things to NLZ
    反  fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNreturn to something> repeat
    再三  zài sān OC: tsɯɯs saam MC: tsəi sɑm 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactrepeat oneself
    申重  shēn chóng MC: syin drjowng OC: lʰin doŋLZ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNrestate N; go over N repeatedly; emphasise N againLZ
    • vtoNrepeatedly encourage NLZ
    又  yòu OC: ɢʷɯs MC: ɦɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vieventhappen again 天命不又 "Heaven's appointment is not repeated"
    尋  xún OC: ljum MC: zim 1 Attribution

    Xún 尋refers to the reverting to a former state, or to seeking to renew that former state, typically an alliance méng 盟.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNZUO: renew (an alliance)
    襲  xí OC: zɯb MC: zip 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNrepeat; do again; continue to
    重宣  chóng xuān OC: doŋ sqon MC: ɖi̯oŋ siɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNarticulate another time
    反鉛  fǎn qiān MC: pjonX ywen OC: panʔ lonLZ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoN(= fan3yán 反沿) repeatedly return to N and practise itLZ
    反衍  fān yǎn MC: phjon yenX OC: phan k-lanʔCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabprocesscyclic regurgitations, repetitive transformationsCH
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVagain and againCH
    反復  fǎn fù MC: pjonX bjuwk OC: panʔ buɡCH 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVagain and againCH

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: