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层
層
céng
1. layer
2. stratum
3. laminated
4. floor (of a building)
5. storey
6. classifier for layers
7. repeated
8. sheaf (math.)
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

层
céng
layer, floor, story, stratum
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

一层
yīcéng
layer
上层
shàngcéng
upper layer
下层
xiàcéng
underlayer
中层
zhōngcéng
middle-ranking
低层
dīcéng
low level
价层
jiàcéng
valency shell (chemistry)
内层
nèicéng
internal layer
分层
fēncéng
lamination
包层
bāocéng
cladding
单层
dāncéng
single layer
图层
túcéng
layer (imaging)
土层
tǔcéng
layer of soil
地层
dìcéng
stratum (geology)
基层
jīcéng
basic level
涂层
túcéng
protective layer
外层
wàicéng
outer layer
夹层
jiācéng
interval between two layers
子层
zǐcéng
sublayer
层报
céngbào
to report to higher authorities through layers of hierarchy
层压
céngyā
lamination

Example Sentences (2)

一个没有电梯，不方便。一个有电梯，但是在二十层。
Yí gè méiyǒu diàntī, bù fāngbiàn. Yí gè yǒu diàntī, dànshì zài èr shí céng.
One doesn't have an elevator, not convenient. One has an elevator, but it's on the 20th floor.
Text 1
二十层怎么了？
Èr shí céng zěn me le?
What happened on the 20th floor?
Text 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
698
Word Frequency Rank
1,640 of 84,292