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Over and over again (idiom) in Chinese: 三番五次 (sān fān wǔ cì)

sān fān wǔ cì

over and over again (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1over and over again (idiom)

Stroke order

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五
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Zhuyin

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ㄙㄢ

sān

ㄙ/ sㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄈㄢ

fān

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄨˇ

wǔ

ㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄘˋ

cì

ㄘ/ cˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 三番五次 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我三番五次提醒他，他还是忘了。

    wǒ sān fān wǔ cì tí xǐng tā， tā hái shì wàng le。

    I reminded him over and over again, but he still forgot.

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Related words

三

sān

three

五

wǔ

five

次

cì

next in sequence

番

fān

foreign (non-Chinese)

其次

qí cì

next

次要

cì yào

secondary

再三

zài sān

over and over again

上次

shàng cì

last time

下次

xià cì

next time

多次

duō cì

many times

层次

céng cì

layer

再次

zài cì

one more time

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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