Chinese word

再也

Pronunciation

Pinyinzài yě

Meaning

  • adverbno longer

Example

我再也不去了。wǒ zài yě bú qù le

I am not going anymore.

Illustration for 再也 (no longer)

More examples

经历了那次背叛后，他说他再也不相信任何人了。jīng lì le nà cì bèi pàn hòu tā shuō tā zài yě bù xiāng xìn rèn hé rén le

After experiencing that betrayal, he said he would never trust anyone again.

Core concept

A final boundary that leaves no room for the action or state to return.

Common phrases

  • 再也不相信zài yě bù xiāng xìn

    never trust again

  • 再也没有机会zài yě méi yǒu jī huì

    never have another chance

  • 再也不会来zài yě bú huì lái

    will never come again

Similar words

不再bú zài: Rules out another action or the return of a state from now on.
从不cóng bù: States that something has never been done at any time before now.
绝不jué bù: Rules out an action completely, regardless of the situation.
永远不yóng yuǎn bù: Rules out an action or state for all future time.

Definition in Chinese

通常与“不、没、没有”等否定词连用，表示从某一时点起再也不做某事或某种状态不再存在，常带后悔、决绝或失望的语气。tōng cháng yǔ bù méi méi yǒu děng fǒu dìng cí lián yòng biǎo shì cóng mǒu yì shí diǎn qǐ zài yě bú zuò mǒu shì huò móu zhǒng zhuàng tài bú zài cún zài cháng dài hòu huǐ jué jué huò shī wàng de yǔ qì

Word origin

再 (zài, "again") + 也 (yě, "also") presents another occurrence as a possibility, while a following negative word rules that possibility out from a stated point in time.

Usage tips

  • English often uses separate expressions for an ended current state and a future action that will not recur, but Chinese uses this same pattern for both, with context supplying the difference.

Other meanings

  • never againadverb

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