I've been in prison more than once.
不止一次
many times
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Meaning and common use
many times
on more than one occasion
How 不止一次 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 不止一次 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He’d heard this more than once, but once was once more than he could bear.
Words that keep company with 不止一次.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 不止一次.
Directly before
- 过不止一次1
- 唯其不止一次1
- 入狱不止一次1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 不止一次
What does 不止一次 mean in Chinese?
不止一次 (bùzhǐyīcì) means many times.
How do you pronounce 不止一次?
不止一次 is pronounced bùzhǐyīcì.
Is 不止一次 an HSK word?
不止一次 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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