再也

zàiyě
adverb HSK 5 #6,768

Meanings

  1. 1 (not) ever again
  2. 2 (not) any longer

Examples

HSK 1
Tā zàiyě méiyǒu huílái.
He never came back.
HSK 3
Nàzhǒng shì zàiyě búhuì fāshēng le.
That kind of thing will never happen again.
HSK 4
Jīnglì le nà cì shībài, tā zàiyě bù gǎn qīngyì xiāngxìn biéren.
After that failure, he never easily trusts others again.

Tips

grammar
再也 is almost always used with a negative: 再也 (never again will) or 再也 (never again did). It expresses finality and strong emotion.
mistakes
再也 must have a negative word (/) after it. You cannot say 再也 - it must be 再也不去 (will never go again).

Stroke Order

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