重新

chóngxīn

adverb HSK 2 #688

Meanings

1 again
2 anew
3 re-

Characters

Literally 'again new' — to start anew

Examples

让我重新开始。

Ràng wǒ chóngxīn kāishǐ.

Let me start over.

请重新写一遍。

Qǐng chóngxīn xiě yī biàn.

Please write it again.

系统需要重新启动。

Xìtǒng xūyào chóngxīn qǐdòng.

The system needs to restart.

Tips

usage

重新 implies doing something over from scratch, not just repeating. 重新来过 = start all over again.

Stroke Order

重 zhòng

新 xīn