Chinese word

复习

Pronunciation

Pinyinfù xí

Meaning

  • verbreview

Example

我要在家复习今天的课。wǒ yào zài jiā fù xí jīn tiān de kè

I will review today's lesson at home.

Illustration for 复习 (review)

More examples

考试前我每天晚上都复习语法。kǎo shì qián wǒ měi tiān wǎn shàng dōu fù xí yú fǎ

Before the exam, I review grammar every evening.

Core concept

Study material is brought back into active memory so practice can reveal what still needs work.

Common phrases

  • 复习单词fù xí dān cí

    review vocabulary

  • 复习课文fù xí kè wén

    review the text

  • 复习语法fù xí yú fǎ

    review grammar

Similar words

学习xué xí: Learning and gaining knowledge or skills through study.
练习liàn xí: Doing something repeatedly to become more skilled at it.

Definition in Chinese

对已经学过的知识或技能再次进行练习或回顾，以便加深记忆、发现并纠正不足。duì yǐ jīng xué guò de zhī shí huò jì néng zài cì jìn xíng liàn xí huò huí gù yǐ biàn jiā shēn jì yì fā xiàn bìng jiū zhèng bù zú

Word origin

复 (fù, "again") + 习 (xí, "practice") joins the ideas of returning to something and practising it, forming a word for working on learned material again.

Usage tips

  • For English-speaking children, review can also mean an opinion about a film, book, or game, so the school-study sense is only one English use.

Other meanings

  • revisionnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 复习题fù xí tíreview exercisenoun
  • 复习资料fù xí zī liàoreview materialsnoun

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