Chinese word

屡次

Pronunciation

Pinyinlǚ cì

Meaning

  • adverbrepeatedly

Example

我屡次忘记带钥匙。wǒ lǚ cì wàng jì dài yào shi

I repeatedly forget to bring my keys.

Illustration for 屡次 (repeatedly)

More examples

他屡次申请签证，但都被拒绝了。tā lǚ cì shēn qǐng qiān zhèng dàn dōu bèi jù jué le

He repeatedly applied for a visa, but all his applications were rejected.

Core concept

The same thing happens again after time has passed, not just once or in one continuous stretch.

Common phrases

  • 屡次强调lǚ cì qiáng diào

    repeatedly emphasize

  • 屡次申请lǚ cì shēn qǐng

    repeatedly apply

  • 屡次发生lǚ cì fā shēng

    repeatedly occur

Similar words

经常jīng cháng: Happening often or at a high frequency.
常常cháng cháng: Often happening as part of a usual pattern in everyday situations.
反复fǎn fù: Repeatedly carrying out the same action, with focus on the cycle of repetition.
再三zài sān: Doing something several times, often to stress persistence or insistence.

Definition in Chinese

多次重复发生，强调在不同时间里同一事情发生好几次；多用于书面或正式语境。duō cì chóng fù fā shēng qiáng diào zài bù tóng shí jiān lǐ tóng yí shì qíng fā shēng hǎo jǐ cì duō yòng yú shū miàn huò zhèng shì yǔ jìng

Word origin

The character 屡 (lǚ, "repeatedly") marks recurrence, while 次 (cì, "occasion") counts each occurrence, giving 屡次 (lǚcì, "repeatedly") its sense of repeated occasions.

Usage tips

  • For everyday conversation, this word is often less natural than simpler frequency expressions, while it remains useful in formal descriptions of past events.

Opposites

Related words

  • 屡屡lǘ lǚrepeatedlyadverb
  • 屡见不鲜lǚ jiàn bù xiāncommonidiom

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