复习 (fùxí) — to review

复习 (fùxí)

复习 means to review or revise material that has already been studied. It is the standard word for exam revision and reinforcing previously learned content.

Meanings

1. [verb] To review; to revise; to go over again.

Example Sentences

考试前你需要认真复习。 Kǎoshì qián nǐ xūyào rènzhēn fùxí. You need to review carefully before the exam.

我每天复习当天学的生词。 Wǒ měitiān fùxí dāngtiān xué de shēngcí. I review the new words I learned that day every day.

他没有好好复习，所以考试考得不好。 Tā méiyǒu hǎohǎo fùxí, suǒyǐ kǎoshì kǎo de bù hǎo. He didn't review well, so he did poorly on the exam.

我们要复习上节课的内容。 Wǒmen yào fùxí shàng jié kè de nèiróng. Let's review the content from last class.

Collocations

Memory Hook

复 (repeat / again — going back over something) plus 习 (to practice — a bird repeatedly flapping its wings). A bird going back to flap its wings again — repeating practice until mastery.