Chinese word

重做

Pronunciation

Pinyinchóng zuò

Meaning

  • verbredo

Example

我得重做这个报告。wǒ děi chóng zuò zhè ge bào gào

I need to redo this report.

Illustration for 重做 (redo)

More examples

我今晚要把错题重做一遍。wǒ jīn wǎn yào bǎ cuò tí chóng zuò yí biàn

I have to redo the questions I got wrong once tonight.

Core concept

Returning to an existing result and working on it again until it meets the needed standard.

Common phrases

  • 重做报告chóng zuò bào gào

    redo a report

  • 重做作业chóng zuò zuò yè

    redo an assignment

  • 重做一遍chóng zuò yí biàn

    redo once

Similar words

重新做chóng xīn zuò: Doing a task all over again from the start to make a fresh version.
再做zài zuò: Repeating the same action once more.
修改xiū gǎi: Editing existing work by changing some parts to make it better.
重写chóng xiě: Making a new version of text or code from an earlier version.

Definition in Chinese

再次尝试完成同一动作或工作，以取得更好或符合要求的结果，有时侧重局部修正而非全部重启。zài cì cháng shì wán chéng tóng yí dòng zuò huò gōng zuò yǐ qǔ dé gèng hǎo huò fú hé yāo qiú de jié guǒ yǒu shí cè zhòng jú bù xiū zhèng ér fēi quán bù chóng qǐ

Word origin

重 (chóng, "again") + 做 (zuò, "do") combine to express doing the same work another time, whether by revising part or remaking the whole.

Usage tips

  • In everyday instructions, the scope is often stated separately, since the verb alone does not show whether the whole task or one section changes.

Other meanings

  • remakeverb
  • recreateverb

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