再
zài
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Again, once more, of something that has not happened yet. It goes before the verb: 再说一遍 'say it once more', 再来 'come again'. It also means 'and only then': 吃了饭再去 'go after you've eaten'. A repeat that has already happened takes 又: 他又来了 'he came again'.
Lại, nữa, thêm một lần, nói về việc chưa xảy ra. Đứng trước động từ: 再说一遍 (nói lại một lần nữa), 再来 (lại đến nữa). Cũng có nghĩa “rồi hẵng”: 吃了饭再去 (ăn cơm rồi hẵng đi). Việc lặp lại đã xảy ra thì dùng 又: 他又来了 (anh ấy lại đến rồi).
AdverbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “再” mean?
Again, once more, of something that has not happened yet. It goes before the verb: 再说一遍 'say it once more', 再来 'come again'. It also means 'and only then': 吃了饭再去 'go after you've eaten'. A repeat that has already happened takes 又: 他又来了 'he came again'.
Is “再” formal or informal?
再 is generally neutral.