<p>"Repeat" in Chinese is '重复'(repeat <em>an action</em>) or '复述'(repeat <em>a speech</em>)</p>

<p>However, if you just say "复述", It would sound too blunt. To be polite, you could say: "请复述(一次)" - "please repeat (once)"</p>

<p>Please notice, the term "复述" is very literary. The colloquial way to say "please repeat" is "请跟着再说一遍" (please follow and repeat/ please repeat it)</p>

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<li><p>If you want to say: "please repeat after me" you can say "请跟着我再说一遍" (please follow me and repeat) or 请复述我說的词句/字句" (Please repeat the words/ word I say)</p></li>
<li><p>If you want to say: "please repeat this words" you can say "请复述这个词句/字句" (please repeat this words/word)</p></li>
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2019-07-24T19:54:01.413Z
Thank you very much @tang-ho. 
I guess for me, when I ask someone to repeat after me (as "Please repeat.") "请复述" will be enough, right?
Hakan Tilgel
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2019-07-24T19:57:23.477Z
@Hakan Tilgel Yes "请复述" (please repeat) is enough. "一次" (once) is redundant because "repeat" already implies 'one more time'
Tang Ho
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Tang Ho
<p>I have do not speak Chinese and need to know what the verb (as an instruction) "<strong>repeat</strong>" means.
I'd like to use it when asking someone to repeat what I say just after me. I wish to use the verb "<strong>repeat</strong>" as it is to make it as simple as possible.
Thanks in advance..
Cheers.</p>

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2019-07-24T19:39:05.793Z
請跟我重複說一遍 means "please repeat what I say"
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"Repeat" in Chinese
# "Repeat" in Chinese

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-07-24)

I have do not speak Chinese and need to know what the verb (as an instruction) "**repeat**" means.
I'd like to use it when asking someone to repeat what I say just after me. I wish to use the verb "**repeat**" as it is to make it as simple as possible.
Thanks in advance..
Cheers.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 請跟我重複說一遍 means "please repeat what I say"  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-07-24. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

"Repeat" in Chinese is '重复'(repeat *an action*) or '复述'(repeat *a speech*)

However, if you just say "复述", It would sound too blunt. To be polite, you could say: "请复述(一次)" - "please repeat (once)"

Please notice, the term "复述" is very literary. The colloquial way to say "please repeat" is "请跟着再说一遍" (please follow and repeat/ please repeat it)

* If you want to say: "please repeat after me" you can say "请跟着我再说一遍" (please follow me and repeat) or 请复述我說的词句/字句" (Please repeat the words/ word I say)
* If you want to say: "please repeat this words" you can say "请复述这个词句/字句" (please repeat this words/word)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you very much @username_2.  I guess for me, when I ask someone to repeat after me (as "Please repeat.") "请复述" will be enough, right?  
> **username_2**: @username_0 Yes "请复述" (please repeat) is enough. "一次" (once) is redundant because "repeat" already implies 'one more time'  

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